1. Sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain
   "tenebrionids were commonly found in the compost heap";
   - darkling beetle, darkling ground beetle

Derived forms: tenebrionids

Type of: weevil

Part of: family Tenebrionidae, Tenebrionidae

Encyclopedia: Tenebrionid