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TRIBOLIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flour beetles

Synonyms:

genus Tribolium; Tribolium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Tribolium" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Tribolium"):

flour beetle; flour weevil (an insect that infests flour and stored grains)

Holonyms ("Tribolium" is a member of...):

family Tenebrionidae; Tenebrionidae (a family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms)

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