[kuh-del] 
| a small, blackish beetle, Tenebroides mauritanicus, that feeds, as both larva and adult, on stored grain and on other insects. |
| ca·delle (kə-děl') n. A small blackish beetle (Tenebroides mauritanicus), both the larval and adult forms of which damage stored grain. [French, from Provençal cadello, from Latin catella, feminine of catellus, puppy, from catulus, the young of animals; see kat- in Indo-European roots.] |