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mealworm

[ UK /mˈiːlwɜːm/ ]
NOUN
  1. the larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae

How To Use mealworm In A Sentence

  • The variety of feed available is wide ranging from mixed seed, which is mainly made up with black sunflower seed and costs £11.25 for a 6kg bag, to "ultimate energy" feed suitable for the winter and breeding seasons, which contains sunflower hearts, sunflower chips, peanut granules, kibbled maize and dried mealworms and costs £18 for a 6kg bag. Undefined
  • It also can be mixed into prepared foods to boost their nutritional value—like putting mealworm paste into a quiche. The Six-Legged Meat of the Future
  • They do not seem to favor soft foods like mealworms or flour worms, but providing them improves breeding success.
  • Tenebrio molitor, or yellow mealworm beetle, is a cosmopolitan pest of stored grains that can be easily reared in the laboratory.
  • Water was available at all times, and the bats were fed daily with mealworms dusted with multivitamin powder.
  • The weighing cup protruded from the top of the box and was placed below the end of a blow tube from which mealworms could be dispensed.
  • They will readily accept human handouts of mealworms and bird grubs, often becoming so tame that they can be hand-fed.
  • In the past few years, litter beetles (especially the lesser mealworm [Alphitobius diaperinus]), have become the most serious pest affecting several types of poultry production systems.
  • Both, like Peters's chicken-mealworm meatballs, await approval for sale across the European Union.
  • Today, I found a mealworm in my cornflakes. I had already finished most of the bowl. I didn't make it to the toilet to throw up. FML.
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