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darkling beetle

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any beetle in the family Tenebrionidae, especially of the genus Zophobas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: darkling groung beetle, tenebrionid

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: weevil

Narrower terms: flour beetle, flour weevil

History

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غَبَشَة (ḡabaša) — Translations
  • Belarusian: чарнаце́лка (čarnacjélka) — Translations
  • Bulgarian: чернотелка (černotelka) — Translations
  • Catalan: tenebriònid — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 擬步行蟲 /拟步行虫 (nǐbùxíngchóng) — Translations
  • Dutch: zwartlijf — Translations
  • Finnish: pimikkökuoriainen — Translations
  • French: ténébrionide — Translations
  • French: ténébrionidé — Translations
  • Galician: tenebriónido — Translations
  • German: Schwarzkäfer — Translations
  • German: Dunkelkäfer — Translations
  • Hungarian: gyászbogárféle — Translations
  • Icelandic: mjölbjalla — Translations
  • Indonesian: kumbang gelap — Translations
  • Italian: tenebrionide — Translations
  • Latin: tenebriō — Translations
  • Latin: tenebrionida — Translations
  • Navajo: kʼíneedlíshii diłhiłígíí — Translations
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skyggebille — Translations
  • Romanian: gândac negru — Translations
  • Romanian: gândac de întuneric — Translations
  • Russian: черноте́лка (černotélka) — Translations
  • Spanish: tenebriónido — Translations
  • Swahili: bungo mpenda-giza — Translations
  • Swedish: svartbagge — Translations
  • Ukrainian: чорноті́лка (čornotílka) — Translations
  • Vietnamese: bọ cánh cứng bóng tối — Translations