"tenebrionoid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tenebrionoids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tenebrionoid (plural tenebrionoids)
  1. Any beetle of the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. Categories (lifeform): Tenebrionoid beetles

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