DARKLING BEETLE

Meaning of DARKLING BEETLE in English

any brown or black beetle of the family Tenebrionidae, the larvae of which feed on dead or decaying plant material, fungi, stored grain, etc.

Also called tenebrionid .

[ 1810-20 ]

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

DARKLING BEETLE — noun Date: 1816 any of a family (Tenebrionidae) of firm-bodied mostly dark-colored vegetable-feeding nocturnal beetles which often have vestigial and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DARKLING BEETLE — noun or darkling ground beetle : any of numerous mostly hard-bodied black sluggish terrestrial plant-eating beetles (family Tenebrionidae) that are …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DARKLING BEETLE — Date: 1816 : any of a family (Tenebrionidae) of firm-bodied mostly dark-colored vegetable-feeding nocturnal beetles which often have vestigial and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DARKLING BEETLE — Function: noun Date: 1816 : any of a family (Tenebrionidae) of firm-bodied mostly dark-colored vegetable-feeding nocturnal beetles which often have …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DARKLING BEETLE — [darkling beetle] n (1816): tenebrionid
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DARKLING BEETLE — any member of the approximately 12,000 species of the insect family Tenebrionidae (order Coleoptera), so named because of their nocturnal …
Britannica English vocabulary
DARKLING — I. adverb Etymology: Middle English derkelyng, from derk dark + -lyng -ling Date: 15th century in the dark, II. adjective …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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
DARKLING — I. -kliŋ also -kəl- adverb also dark·lings -ŋz Etymology: Middle English derkelyng, from derke, derk dark + -lyng -ling — …
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
DARKLING — (p. pr. & a.) Dark; gloomy.
Английский словарь Webster
DARKLING — (p. pr. & a.) Becoming dark or gloomy; frowing.
Английский словарь Webster
DARKLING — (adv.) In the dark.
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
DARKLING — ( p. pr. & a. ) Dark; gloomy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DARKLING — ( p. pr. & a. ) Becoming dark or gloomy; frowing.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DARKLING — ( adv. ) In the dark.
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
DARKLING — /dahrk"ling/ , adv. 1. in the dark. adj. 2. growing dark. 3. being or occurring in the dark; dark; obscure. …
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
DARKLING — adv. in the dark
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DARKLING — adj. becoming dark; occurring in the dark; obscure
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
DARKLING — I. ˈdär-kliŋ adverb Etymology: Middle English derkelyng, from derk dark + -lyng -ling Date: 15th century : in the dark …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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
DARKLING — adv in the dark. 2. darkling (·p.pr. & ·adj) dark; gloomy. 3. darkling (·p.pr. & ·adj) becoming dark or gloomy; …
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
DARKLING — ■ adjective literary relating to growing darkness.
Concise Oxford English vocab
DARKLING — [dark.ling] adv [ME derkelyng, fr. derk dark + -lyng -ling] (15c): in the dark [2]dark.ling adj (1739) 1: dark 2: …
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
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
DARKLING — darkling BrE AmE ˈdɑːk lɪŋ AmE \ ˈdɑːrk-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DARKLING — / ˈdɑːklɪŋ; NAmE ˈdɑ:rk-/ adjective ( literary ) becoming dark or connected with the dark : the darkling sky
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
BEETLE — Beetle BrE AmE British English , ‖ Bug American English informal a small car made by Volkswagen which has a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DARKLING — adj. & adv. poet. in the dark; in the night.
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
DARKLING — adj. & adv. poet. in the dark; in the night.
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
DARKLING — adj. & adv. poet. in the dark; in the night.
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
BEETLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE black ▪ Tiny, polished black pollen beetles crawled over her hand: she had …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BEETLE — n. ladybird beetle snout beetle bark beetle blister beetle Colorado potato beetle cucumber beetle deathwatch beetle dermestid beetle dung beetle …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DARKLING — a. In the dark, obscure, mysterious, mystic, hidden, concealed.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
DARKLING — 1. прил. находящийся в темноте, во мраке; темнеющий; темный Syn : dark 2. нареч. в темноте, во мраке sit darkling …
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
DARKLING — Темнеющий
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DARKLING — 1. ʹdɑ:klıŋ a 1. находящийся или происходящий в темноте 2. темнеющий; тёмный; смутный darkling forest - темнеющий лес 2. ʹdɑ:klıŋ …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BEETLE — beetle.ogg _I 1. ʹbi:tl n 1. 1> жук carpet beetle - ковровый жучок 2> энт. отряд жесткокрылых ( Coleoptera ) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DARKLING — 1. прил.находящийся в темноте, во мраке; темнеющий; темный Syn:dark 2. нареч.в темноте, во мраке - sit darkling
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BEETLE — I 1. beetle сущ.1) жук 2) разг. таракан 3) амер. (Beetle) "жук" (ласковое название маленького автомобиля марки Volkswagen)•• blind as …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DARKLING — 1. ʹdɑ:klıŋ a 1. находящийся или происходящий в темноте 2. темнеющий; тёмный; смутный darkling forest - темнеющий лес 2. ʹdɑ:klıŋ …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BEETLE — _I 1. ʹbi:tl n 1. 1> жук carpet beetle - ковровый жучок 2> энт. отряд жесткокрылых ( Coleoptera ) 2. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DARKLING — 1. прил. находящийся в темноте, во мраке; темнеющий; темный Syn: dark 2. нареч. в темноте, во мраке - sit darkling
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BEETLE — I 1. ˈbitl сущ. 1) жук 2) разг. таракан 3) амер. (Beetle) "жук" ( ласковое название маленького автомобиля марки Volkswagen …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DARKLING — 1. прил. находящийся в темноте, во мраке; темнеющий; темный Syn: dark 2. нареч. в темноте, во мраке - sit darkling
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BEETLE — I 1. ['¤Ђ«®] beetle.wav сущ. 1) жук 2) разг. таракан 3) амер. (Beetle) "жук" (ласковое название маленького автомобиля марки Volkswagen) •• blind as a beetle, beetle blind …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BEETLE — жук; pl жуки (Coleoptera) - Alaska spruce beetle - alder flea beetle - alder leaf beetle - alfalfa snout beetle - alleculid beetles - Alleghany spruce …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BEETLE — жук; pl жуки ( Coleoptera ) - Alaska spruce beetle - alder flea beetle - alder leaf beetle - alfalfa …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
DARKLING — 1. _a. темнеющий; находящийся в темноте, во мраке; темный 2. _adv. в темноте, во мраке - sit darkling
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
BEETLE — _I _n. 1> жук - Colorado beetle 2> _собир. таракан; blind as a beetle - совершенно слепой - beetle blind …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DARKLING — 1. a. темнеющий; находящийся в темноте, во мраке; темный 2. adv. в темноте, во мраке - sit darkling
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
BEETLE — I n. 1. жук - Colorado beetle 2. собир. таракан; blind as a beetle - совершенно слепой - beetle blind …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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