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Webster 1913 Edition


Dermestoid

Der-mes′toid

,
Adj.
[
Dermestes
+
-oid
.]
(Zool.)
Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes.
The carpet beetle, called the buffalo moth, is a
dermestoid
beetle.
Pop. Sci. Monthly.

Definition 2024


dermestoid

dermestoid

English

Dermestes lardarius, a dermestoid beetle

Wikispecies

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.