flour beetle

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Noun flour beetle has 1 sense

flour beetle, flour weevil - infests flour and stored grains
--₁ is a kind of darkling beetle, darkling groung beetle, tenebrionid
--₁ is a member of Tribolium, genus Tribolium

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Flour Beetle

Definition: The flour beetle, scientifically known as Tribolium confusum, is a common pest found in stored grain products, particularly flour and cereal. It belongs to the darkling beetle family and is notorious for infesting and damaging grain-based products.

Senses:

Noun:

A type of small beetle that commonly infests stored flour and grain products.

Sample sentence: The flour beetle is a major concern for flour mills, as it can quickly contaminate large quantities of product.
Noun:

The larvae of the flour beetle, which are small and white, often found in infested grain products.

Sample sentence: When we opened the bag of flour, we discovered flour beetle larvae wriggling inside.

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