Anthribidae

/ænθrɪˈbaɪdi/ noun

The taxonomic family of beetles that includes small, long-snouted wood-boring insects found worldwide in woody and stored plant materials.

From Greek anthos 'flower' + rhynchos 'snout' + -idae (family suffix), literally 'the snout family of flower-associated beetles'.

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