| 单词 | darkling beetle |
| 释义 | darkling beetle in American English any of a family (Tenebrionidae) of sluggish, dark beetles that feed on plants at night darkling beetle in American Englishnoun any brown or black beetle of the family Tenebrionidae, the larvae of which feed on dead or decaying plant material, fungi, stored grain, etc Also called: tenebrionid Word origin [1810–20]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cleavage, dominance, dynamic, knockout, techniqueExamples of 'darkling beetle' in a sentence |
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