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Tenebrio molitor
Meal Meal, n. [OE. mele, AS. melu, melo; akin to D. meel, G. mehl, OHG. melo, Icel. mj["o]l, SW. mj["o]l, Dan. meel, also to D. malen to grind, G. mahlen, OHG., OS., & Goth. malan, Icel. mala, W. malu, L. molere, Gr. my`lh mill, and E. mill. [root]108. Cf. Mill, Mold soil, Mole an animal, Immolate, Molar.] 1. Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse. 2. Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated. Meal beetle (Zo["o]l.), the adult of the meal worm. See Meal worm, below. Meal moth (Zo["o]l.), a lepidopterous insect (Asopia farinalis), the larv[ae] of which feed upon meal, flour, etc. Meal worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a beetle (Tenebrio molitor) which infests granaries, bakehouses, etc., and is very injurious to flour and meal.
Tenebrious
Tenebrious Te*ne"bri*ous, a. Tenebrous. --Young.

Meaning of Tenebrio from wikipedia

- Mealworms are the larval form of the yellow mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor, a species of darkling beetle. The yellow mealworm beetle prefers a warmer...
- Tenebrio culinaris Linnaeus, 1758 Tenebrio guineensis Imhoff, 1843 Tenebrio giganteus (Gmelin, 1790) Tenebrio grandicollis (Fairmaire, 1897) Tenebrio...
- Tenebrio obscurus, or the dark mealworm beetle, is a species of darkling beetle whose larvae are known as mini mealworms. These insects should not be confused...
- Tenebrionidae, comprising over 20,000 species in a cosmopolitan distribution. Tenebrio is the Latin generic name that Carl Linnaeus ****igned to some flour beetles...
- are members of several darkling beetle genera including Tribolium and Tenebrio. They are pests of cereal silos and are widely used as laboratory animals...
- human consumption as well as industrialized m**** production: Mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) as larvae Lesser mealworms (Alphitobius diaperinus) as larvae...
- common in the reptile pet industry as food, along with giant mealworms (Tenebrio molitor larvae treated with juvenile hormone[citation needed]). The larvae...
- coloration is observed, produced by nanostructures. In the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor, cuticular color may suggest pathogen resistance in that darker...
- Stene ferruginea Stephens, 1832 Tenebrio bifoveolatus Duftschmid, 1812 Tenebrio ferrugineus Fabricius, 1781 Tenebrio ochraceous Melsheimer, 1806 Trogosita...
- are a number of AFPs found in insects, including those from Dendroides, Tenebrio and Rhagium beetles, spruce budworm and pale beauty moths, and midges (same...