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tenebrionoid

tenebrionoid noun: any beetle of the superfamily Tenebrionoidea.

tenebrionoid: any beetle of the superfamily Tenebrionoidea
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Noun

tenebrionoid (plural tenebrionoids)

  1. Any beetle of the superfamily Tenebrionoidea.
    • Larvae of Eleticinae apparently have typical holometabolic development and are the most similar to those of other tenebrionoids.2002, John D. Pinto, Marco A. Bologna, 111. Meloidae Gyllenhal, Ross H. Arnett, Jr, Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, J. Howard Frank (editors), American Beetles, Volume 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea...
    • Exactly two hundred species of tenebrionoid are currently recognised from the British Isles.2006, Jonathan Cooter, Maxwell V. L. Barclay, A Coleopterist's Handbook, page 113

Forms of tenebrionoid

pluraltenebrionoids

Questions about tenebrionoid

What does tenebrionoid mean?
Tenebrionoid means any beetle of the superfamily Tenebrionoidea.
What part of speech is tenebrionoid?
Tenebrionoid is a noun.
What is the plural of tenebrionoid?
The plural of tenebrionoid is tenebrionoids.

Words near tenebrionoid in the dictionary

  1. tenebricose
  2. tenebrific
  3. tenebrificous
  4. tenebrionid
  5. tenebrionids
  6. tenebrionoid
  7. tenebrionoids
  8. tenebrious
  9. tenebriously
  10. tenebrism
  11. tenebrist

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