CONFUSED FLOUR BEETLE

Meaning of CONFUSED FLOUR BEETLE in English

a brown flour beetle, Tribolium confusum, that feeds on stored grain and grain products.

[ appar. so called because it is confused with similar beetles ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

CONFUSED FLOUR BEETLE — noun Etymology: so called from its being confused with the red flour beetle ( Tribolium castaneum ) : a cosmopolitan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONFUSED FLOUR BEETLE — см. flour beetle 1)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
CONFUSED FLOUR BEETLE — см. flour beetle 1)
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
CONFUSED — adjective Date: 14th century 1. being perplexed or disconcerted , disoriented with regard to one's sense of time, place, or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FLOUR — Finely ground cereal grain or other starchy portions of plants. Flour, especially wheat flour, is a basic ingredient of baked …
Английский словарь Британика
BEETLE — I Any of at least 250,000 species of insects constituting the order Coleoptera (the largest order in the animal kingdom), …
Английский словарь Британика
FLOUR — I. ˈflau̇(ə)r, -au̇ə, esp in the South -au̇wə(r noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, flower, best …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEETLE — I. ˈbēd. ə l, -ēt ə l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bityl, betylle, from Old English bitula, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONFUSED — -zd adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French confus confused (from Latin confusus, past participle of confundere to pour together, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLOUR — (v. t.) To sprinkle with flour.
Английский словарь Webster
FLOUR — (v. t.) To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat.
Английский словарь Webster
FLOUR — (n.) The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by …
Английский словарь Webster
CONFUSED — (imp. & p. p.) of Confuse
Английский словарь Webster
BEETLE — (v. t.) To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton …
Английский словарь Webster
CONFUSED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Confuse
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BEETLE — ( v. t. ) To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FLOUR — — flourless , adj. /floweur, flow"euhr/ , n. 1. the finely ground meal of grain, esp. the finer meal separated …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BEETLE — beetle 1 /beet"l/ , n. , v. , beetled, beetling . n. 1. any of numerous insects of the order …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLOUR — v. make into flour; sprinkle with flour, coat with flour; break up into particles
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CONFUSED — adj. bewildered, mystified, mixed up
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BEETLE — v. go somewhere quickly; move like a beetle, move forward, make one's way; scurry (British usage); ram or crush a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BEETLE — I. ˈbē-t ə l noun Etymology: Middle English betylle, from Old English bitula; akin to bītan to bite Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CONFUSED — adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. : being perplexed or disconcerted the confused students b. : disoriented with regard to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLOUR — vt to sprinkle with flour. 2. flour ·vt to grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat. …
Webster English vocab
CONFUSED — impf & ·p.p. of confuse.
Webster English vocab
BEETLE — vt to beat with a heavy mallet. 2. beetle ·vt a heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, ·etc. …
Webster English vocab
CONFUSED — ■ adjective 1》 bewildered or perplexed. 2》 lacking order and so difficult to understand or distinguish. Derivatives ~ly adverb
Concise Oxford English vocab
FLOUR — [flour] n [ME--more at flower] (13c) 1: finely ground meal of wheat usu. largely freed from bran; also: a similar …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CONFUSED — [con.fused] adj (14c) 1: being perplexed or disconcerted "the ~ students" 2: indistinguishable "a zigzag, crisscross, ~ trail --Harry Hervey" …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEETLE — [bee.tle] n [ME betylle, fr. OE bitula; akin to bitan to bite] (bef. 12c) 1: any of an order (Coleoptera) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLOUR — finely ground cereal grains or other starchy portions of plants, used in various food products and as a basic ingredient …
Britannica English vocabulary
BEETLE — (order Coleoptera), any of at least 250,000 species of insects (the largest order in the animal kingdom), principally characterized by …
Britannica English vocabulary
FLOUR — / ˈflaʊə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] a fine white or brown powder made from …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONFUSED — / kənˈfjuːzd; NAmE / adjective 1. unable to think clearly or to understand what is happening or what sb is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEETLE — / ˈbiːtl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. an insect, often large and black, with a hard case …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLOUR — I. flour 1 /flaʊə $ flaʊr/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ flower 1 'best …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CONFUSED — con ‧ fused S3 /kənˈfjuːzd/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: adverb : ↑ confusedly , ↑ confusingly ; adjective …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BEETLE — Beetle BrE AmE British English , ‖ Bug American English informal a small car made by Volkswagen which has a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLOUR — n. & v. --n. 1 a meal or powder obtained by grinding and usu. sifting cereals, esp. wheat. 2 any …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BEETLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a tool with a heavy head and a handle, used for ramming, crushing, driving wedges, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLOUR — n. & v. n. 1 a meal or powder obtained by grinding and usu. sifting cereals, esp. wheat. 2 any …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BEETLE — n. & v. n. 1 a tool with a heavy head and a handle, used for ramming, crushing, driving wedges, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BEETLE — n. & v. n. 1 any insect of the order Coleoptera, with modified front wings forming hard protective cases closing …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLOUR — n. & v. --n. 1. a meal or powder obtained by grinding and usu. sifting cereals, esp. wheat. 2 any …
Oxford English vocab
BEETLE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. any insect of the order Coleoptera, with modified front wings forming hard protective cases …
Oxford English vocab
FLOUR — ( flours, flouring, floured) 1. Flour is a white or brown powder that is made by grinding grain. It is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONFUSED — 1. If you are confused , you do not know exactly what is happening or what to do. A survey …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONFUSED — 1. If you are ~, you do not know exactly what is happening or what to do. A survey showed …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FLOUR — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES plain flour self-raising flour self-rising flour white flour COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE plain …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CONFUSED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN state ▪ But the worst was the confused state of his mind, that was …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BEETLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE black ▪ Tiny, polished black pollen beetles crawled over her hand: she had …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLOUR — [verb] [T]Grease and flour (= put a thin layer of flour on) the tins thoroughly.Roll the pastry out on a …
Cambridge English vocab
CONFUSED — [adjective]I was so confused in today's history lesson. I didn't understand a thing!Grandfather is starting to get really confused. He …
Cambridge English vocab
FLOUR — n. Finely ground cereal grain or other starchy portions of plants. Flour, especially wheat flour, is a basic ingredient of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BEETLE — n. ladybird beetle snout beetle bark beetle blister beetle Colorado potato beetle cucumber beetle deathwatch beetle dermestid beetle dung beetle …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FLOUR — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bread , cake ▪ all-purpose ( AmE ), baking ( AmE ), plain ( BrE ), self-raising …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CONFUSED — adj. VERBS ▪ appear , be , feel , look , seem , sound ▪ become , get ▪ He …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CONFUSED — See ↑ CLEAR/NOT CLEAR 4, ↑ CONFUSED 1, ↑ MENTALLY ILL 1
Longman Activator English vocab
CONFUSED — INDEX: 1. confused 2. confused because something is difficult to understand 3. something that makes you feel confused 4. to …
Longman Activator English vocab
CONFUSED — adj. 25B6; adjective they are confused about what is going on : BEWILDERED, bemused, puzzled, perplexed, baffled, mystified, nonplussed, muddled, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CONFUSED — adj. 1 mixed up, jumbled, disordered, disorganized, disorderly, muddled, muddle-headed, snarled (up), messy, baffling, confusing, mystifying, puzzling, perplexing; contradictory, ambiguous, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FLOUR — 1. сущ. 1) крупчатка, мука to mix flour with water until you get a uniform mass ≈ смешивать муку с …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CONFUSED — прил. 1) смущенный I was confused to learn of his latest decision. ≈ Я был смущен, когда узнал о его …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEETLE — I 1. сущ. 1) жук 2) разг. таракан 3) амер. (Beetle) 'жук' (ласковое название маленького автомобиля марки Volkswagen) ∙ blind …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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