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Webster 1913 Edition

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Dermestes

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(Zool.)

Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes.

The carpet beetle, called the buffalo moth, is a

dermestoid

beetle.

Pop. Sci. Monthly.

Dermestes lardarius, a dermestoid beetle

dermestoid ‎(not comparable)

(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.