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tenebrio.

One who shuns the light, trickster, swindler

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[tɛˈnɛ.bri.oː]Classical-Latin[teˈnɛː.bri.o]
  1. One who shuns the light, trickster, swindler

    declension-3
  2. mealworm (Tenebrio molitor)

    New-Latin · declension-3
Where this word comes from

From tenebrae (“darkness, gloom”) + -iō. In New Latin, used by biologists as the name of a genus of beetles (Tenebrio).

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