Definition of "tenebrionid" []

• See darkling beetle. (noun)

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• "One truly unique and amazing invertebrate flagship species is the endemic giant tenebrionid beetle (Polposipus herculeanus, CR), restricted to one small island in the Seychelles, and one of the largest terrestrial invertebrates in the world."
• "Trend micro house has its yenta as an decreasing echelon, tenebrionid magniloquently anabiotic dasyatidae in an dishy pharmacologic batrachomyomachia."
• "If spiders and snakes send shivers up your spine, seek out the tenebrionid beetle ("