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单词 flour beetle
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Definition of flour beetle in English:

flour beetle

noun
  • A small brown darkling beetle that is a widespread pest of flour and other cereal products.

    Genera Tribolium, Gnathocerus, and others, family Tenebrionidae: several species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In either case, damage to stored grain by the lesser grain borer, rice weevil, red flour beetle, and rusty grain beetle costs the U.S. wheat industry about $500 million annually.
    • IGRs aren't toxic to humans, and they can suppress populations of important stored-product insect pests, such as the red flour beetle and the confused flour beetle.
    • The red flour beetle is a major pest of stored grain and grain products and a popular model species for a variety of ecological, evolutionary, and developmental biology studies.
    • The larva of the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum exemplifies this level of evolutionary organization.
    • This study examined the genetic basis of susceptibility to a tapeworm in the red flour beetle that serves as an intermediate host in its transmission.
 
 

Definition of flour beetle in US English:

flour beetle

noun
  • A small brown darkling beetle that is a widespread pest of flour and other cereal products.

    Genera Tribolium, Gnathocerus, and others, family Tenebrionidae: several species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In either case, damage to stored grain by the lesser grain borer, rice weevil, red flour beetle, and rusty grain beetle costs the U.S. wheat industry about $500 million annually.
    • The red flour beetle is a major pest of stored grain and grain products and a popular model species for a variety of ecological, evolutionary, and developmental biology studies.
    • IGRs aren't toxic to humans, and they can suppress populations of important stored-product insect pests, such as the red flour beetle and the confused flour beetle.
    • This study examined the genetic basis of susceptibility to a tapeworm in the red flour beetle that serves as an intermediate host in its transmission.
    • The larva of the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum exemplifies this level of evolutionary organization.
 
 
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