pinacate bug
1Pinacate bug — Pin a*ca te bug [Orig. uncert.] Any of several clumsy, wingless beetles of the genus {Eleodes}, found in the Pacific States. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
2pinacate bug — |pēnə|käd.ē noun Etymology: Mexican Spanish pinacate, from Nahuatl pinacatl : any of several clumsy wingless beetles of the genus Eleodes (family Tenebrionidae) found in arid regions of the Pacific states …
3Pinacate beetle — Taxobox image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera subordo = Polyphaga superfamilia = Tenebrionoidea familia = Tenebrionidae genus = EleodesThe pinacate beetle, also known as the stink beetle, is a… …
4darkling beetle — 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] * * * any member of the approximately 12,000 species of the… …