Translingual

Proper noun

Tenebrio m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tenebrionidae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Coleoptera - order; Polyphaga - suborder; Cucujiformia - infraorder; Tenebrionoidea - superfamily; Tenebrionidae - family; Tenebrioninae - subfamily; Tenebrionini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Tenebriio molitor (yellow mealworm beetle) - type species

Latin

Noun

tenebriō f ‎(genitive tenebriōnis); third declension

1. One who shuns the light, trickster, swindler

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

References

• tenebrio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tenebrio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• tenebrio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016