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
1885–90
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| flour beetle | |
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| an insect that infests flour and stored grains |
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