red flour beetle

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English[edit]

a red flour beetle

Noun[edit]

red flour beetle (plural red flour beetles)

  1. A species of darkling beetle, Tribolium castaneum.
    • 2018 November 13, Damian Carrington, The Guardian:
      The red flour beetle used in the experiments is a tropical species that thrives at 35C.

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