khaprabeetle

khaprabeetle
kha·pra beetle (käʹprə, kăpʹrə) n.
A beetle (Trogoderma granurium) accidentally introduced to several places in the United States that is an extremely destructive grain pest.
  [Hindi khaprā, from khapnā, to destroy, ultimately from Sanskrit kṣāpayati, he destroys.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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