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flour beetle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.40 in modern English

Syllables
flour bee-tle
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several beetle species (genera Tribolium, Gnathocerus, and others in family Tenebrionidae) that are found in grain and grain products.

Inflected Forms

flour beetles (plural)

Phrases

black flour beetle broad-horned flour beetle confused flour beetle depressed flour beetle destructive flour beetle long-headed flour beetle red flour beetle rust-red flour beetle

Synonyms

flour weevil

Questions

What does flour beetle mean?
Any of several beetle species (genera Tribolium, Gnathocerus, and others in family Tenebrionidae) that are found in grain and grain products.

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