Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of heteromerous beetles, typical of the family Tenebrionidæ, including about 20 species of black elongated beetles with slender legs.
- noun [lowercase] A species of this genus.
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"Dantes Poëta illustrissimum Christianissimorum Regum Franciæ genus à laniis Parisiensibus deducit, utique tam vere, quam ille tenebrio nostrum à scalarum fabro: quas mirum, ni auctor generis _in suspendium eorum parabat_, quos vaticinabatur illustri nobilitate suæ obtrectaturos."
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