tenebrio

[Lat.=one who shuns the light, from tenebræ =darkne .] Entom.: The typical genus of Tenebrio nide (q. v.). Tenebrio molitor is the Mealworm (q. v.). tě-ne-bri-on-i-dæ, s . pl . [Mod. Lat. tenebrio, gen it, tenebrion (is); fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ .] Entom.: A family of Heteromerous Beetles, tribe At rachel i a. Body usually oval or oblong, depre ed; thorax square or trapezoid, the same breadth as the extremity of the abdomen; last joint of the maxillary palpi formed like a reversed triangle or hatchet; mentum but little extended, leaving the base of the jaws uncovered. Black or dull-colored insects, with a peculiar odor, slow in their movements and nocturnal in their habits. A few aberrant species are found on trees and plants. They feed generally on decaying animal and vegetable matter. Most of the hard species are very tenacious of life. Some are mimetic, resembling Car abide, Longicornes, . About 5,000 species are known. The larger number are found along the margins of deserts in the Old and New World. Genera: Blaps, Tenebrio, . tě-ne-bri-ous, a . [Latin tenebræ =darkne .] Dark, gloomy, tenebrous; pertaining to night. "Were moon and stars for villains only made, To guide, yet screen them, with tenebrious light?" Young: Night Thoughts , ix. 965. těn'-ě-brose, adj . [Latin tene bros us.] Dark, tenebrous. Těn-ê-brō-sî, s . pl . [Ital.) (TENEBROSE.] Art : A name applied to a school of artists, also called Caravaggeschi, after its founder, Caravaggio. The remarkable characteristic of this cla of artists was their bold and powerful rendering of chiaroscuro.