English Explanatory Dictionary

confused flour beetle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A beetle of the species Tribolium confusum.

Word forms

confused flour beetle confused flour beetles

Etymology

Said to be named after the fact that it is easily confused with the red flour beetle. Both eat flour.

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