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darkling beetle vs flour beetle

flour beetle vs darkling beetle

darkling beetle and flour beetle both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
darkling beetle Yes No No No
flour beetle Yes No No No
As nouns, flour beetle is a hyponym of darkling beetle; that is, flour beetle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than darkling beetle:
  • darkling beetle: sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain
  • flour beetle: an insect that infests flour and stored grains
Other hyponyms of darkling beetle include flour weevil.
darkling beetle (noun) flour beetle (noun)
sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain an insect that infests flour and stored grains
Difference between darkling beetle and flour beetle

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