flour beetle

/ˌflaʊər ˌbidl/
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Definitions of flour beetle
  1. noun
    an insect that infests flour and stored grains
    synonyms: flour weevil
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    type of:
    darkling beetle, darkling groung beetle, tenebrionid
    sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain
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