TRIBOLIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tribolium mean? 

• TRIBOLIUM (noun)
  The noun TRIBOLIUM has 1 sense:

1. flour beetles

  Familiarity information: TRIBOLIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIBOLIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flour beetles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Tribolium; Tribolium

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)