English
Wikispecies
Etymology
From meal + worm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmiːlˌwɜː(ɹ)m/
Noun
mealworm (plural mealworms)
- The larval stage of the mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor), a species of darkling beetle.
Translations
larva of the Tenebrio molitor
- Bulgarian: брашнян червей m (brašnjan červej)
- Catalan: cuc de la farina m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 黃粉蟲 / 黄粉虫 (huángfěnchóng)
- Finnish: jauhomato (fi)
- French: ver de farine (fr) m
- Polish: mącznik (pl) m
- Portuguese: larva-da-farinha f, tenébrio m
- Russian: мучно́й червь m (mučnój červʹ)
- Spanish: gusano de la harina m
- Turkish: un kurdu
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- Esperanto: (please verify) grenvermo
- Estonian: (please verify) jahuuss
- Slovak: (please verify) múčny červ
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