flour beetle

flour beetle

noun
any of several brown darkling beetles, especially of the genus Tribolium, that infest, breed in, feed on, and often pollute flour, stored grain, and other stored produce.

Origin:
1885–90
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Flour beetle is always a great word to know.
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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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flour beetle

noun
an insect that infests flour and stored grains 
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