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tenebrionid

noun
te·​ne·​bri·​o·​nid | \ tə-ˈne-brē-ə-nəd How to pronounce tenebrionid (audio) , ˌte-nə-ˈbrī-ə-nəd How to pronounce tenebrionid (audio) \

Definition of tenebrionid

: darkling beetle

Other Words from tenebrionid

tenebrionid adjective

First Known Use of tenebrionid

1902, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for tenebrionid

from the base of New Latin Tenebrionidae, family name, from Tenebrion-, Tenebrio, a genus of the family (going back to Latin tenebriōn-, tenebriō "someone who does things in the dark [by implication in an underhanded way]," from tenebrae "darkness" + -iōn-, -iō, suffix of nouns denoting persons with a prominent feature) + -idae -idae — more at tenebrae

Note: The genus name Tenebrio was introduced by linnaeus (Systema naturae, Stockholm, 1758, tomus I, p. 417); he used the name for the beetle earlier in Fauna suecica (1746).

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