dermestoid

English
Dermestes lardarius, a dermestoid beetle

Wikispecies

Etymology

Dermestes +‎ -oid

Adjective

dermestoid (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Popular Science Monthly.
      The carpet beetle, called the buffalo moth, is a dermestoid beetle.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for dermestoid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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