cadelle

(kə del′)

noun

the larva or adult of a small, shiny, black beetle (Tenebroides mauritanicus) harmful to grain

Origin: Fr < Prov cadello < L catella, fem. of catellus, puppy, whelp < IE base *kat-, to bear young > ON hathna, young goat

See cadelle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A small blackish beetle (Tenebroides mauritanicus), both the larval and adult forms of which damage stored grain.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Provençal cadello

Origin: , from Latin catella

Origin: , feminine of catellus, puppy

Origin: , from catulus, the young of animals; see kat- in Indo-European roots

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