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1 ♦ flour
♦ flour /ˈflaʊə(r)/n. [u]1 farina2 (edil.) polvere finissima● flour bag, sacco di farina; pacco di farina □ flour bin, madia □ (zool.) flour beetle ( Tenebrio molitor), tenebrione; verme della farina □ flour box, barattolo ( con coperchio bucherellato) per spargere la farina □ flour dressing, abburattatura □ flour mill, mulino (da grano) □ (zool.) flour moth ( Ephestia kuhniella), tignola grigia della farina □ self-raising flour, ► self-.(to) flour /ˈflaʊə(r)/v. t. -
2 ♦ potato
♦ potato /pəˈteɪtəʊ/n. (pl. potatoes)(bot., Solanum tuberosum) patata: roast potatoes, patate al forno; seed potatoes, patate per seme; patate da semina; baked potatoes, patate in camicia (o in giacchetta); boiled potatoes, patate lesse● (zool.) potato beetle ( Doryphora decemlineata), dorifora della patata □ potato chips ( USA, potato crisps), patatine fritte, in confezione; «chips» □ potato flour, fecola di patate □ ( slang ingl.) potato-head, testa di rapa; zuccone; testone □ potato-masher, schiacciapatate □ potato-parer (o potato-peeler), pelapatate; sbucciapatate □ (fig. fam.) hot potato, argomento imbarazzante; patata bollente (fig.): to drop sb. like a hot potato, sbarazzarsi di q. come di una patata bollente □ mashed potatoes, purè di patate □ (fig. USA) small potatoes, inezie; quisquilie; cosa o persona senza importanza.
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Flour beetle — Flour beetles Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphyl … Wikipedia
flour beetle — noun an insect that infests flour and stored grains • Syn: ↑flour weevil • Hypernyms: ↑darkling beetle, ↑darkling groung beetle, ↑tenebrionid • Member Holonyms: ↑Tribolium, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
flour beetle — any of several brown darkling beetles, esp. of the genus Tribolium, that infest, breed in, feed on, and often pollute flour, stored grain, and other stored produce. [1885 90] * * * … Universalium
flour beetle — noun Date: 1888 any of various small darkling beetles (especially Tribolium confusum and T. castaneum) that typically feed on and lay eggs in stored grain and grain products … New Collegiate Dictionary
Confused flour beetle — Tribolium confusum Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Destructive flour beetle — Dark flour beetle Tribolium destructor Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
confused flour beetle — noun Etymology: so called from its being confused with the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) : a cosmopolitan beetle (Tribolium confusum) that feeds both as larva and adult chiefly on damaged grain called also bran bug * * * a brown flour… … Useful english dictionary
red flour beetle — noun : a reddish brown beetle (Tribolium castaneum) that feeds on grain, cereals, stored fruits and other products * * * a reddish brown flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, that feeds on stored grain, dried fruit, etc … Useful english dictionary
confused flour beetle — a brown flour beetle, Tribolium confusum, that feeds on stored grain and grain products. [appar. so called because it is confused with similar beetles] * * * … Universalium
red flour beetle — a reddish brown flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, that feeds on stored grain, dried fruit, etc. * * * … Universalium
confused flour beetle — noun A beetle of the species … Wiktionary