"flour beetle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flour beetles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flour beetle (plural flour beetles)
  1. Any of several beetle species (genera Tribolium, Gnathocerus, and others in family Tenebrionidae) that are found in grain and grain products. Categories (lifeform): Tenebrionoid beetles
    Sense id: en-flour_beetle-en-noun-bVz-FpXa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Derived forms: red flour beetle (taxonomic: Tribolium castaneum), confused flour beetle (taxonomic: Tribolium confusum), destructive flour beetle (taxonomic: Tribolium destructor), black flour beetle (taxonomic: Tribolium madens), broad-horned flour beetle (alt: Gnathocerus cornutus), depressed flour beetle (alt: Caenocorse subdepressa => Palorus subdepressus), long-headed flour beetle (taxonomic: Latheticus oryzae), rust-red flour beetle (taxonomic: Tribolium navale), short-horned flour beetle (taxonomic: Latheticus oryzae), slender-horned flour beetle (alt: Gnathocerus maxillosus), small-eyed flour beetle (alt: Caenocorse ratzeburgi => Palorus ratzeburgii)

Inflected forms

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