| 释义 |
flour beetle in American Englishnounany of several brown darkling beetles, esp. of the genus Tribolium, that infest, breed in, feed on, and often pollute flour, stored grain, and other stored produce Examples of 'flour beetle' in a sentenceflour beetle Many have names derived from their particular predilection - rice weevils, biscuit beetles, bacon beetles, rust-red flour beetles, bean beetles, etc. |