Definition of Dermestidae

1. Noun. Carpet beetles.

Exact synonyms: Family Dermestidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Coleoptera, Order Coleoptera
Member holonyms: Carpet Beetle, Carpet Bug

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dermestidae

Derick
Deringer
Dermacentor albopictus
Dermacentor andersoni
Dermacentor nitens
Dermacentor occidentalis
Dermacentor reticulatus
Dermacentor variabilis
Dermanyssus gallinae
Dermaptera
Dermatobia
Dermatobia cyaniventris
Dermatobia hominis
Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus
Dermatophilus congolensis
Dermestidae
Dermochelyidae
Dermochelys
Dermochelys coriacea
Dermot
Derrick
Derrida
Derridean
Derringer
Derris elliptica
Derry
Dervish
Dervishes
Deryck
Derzsy's disease

Literary usage of Dermestidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"dermestidae.—Tarsi fi re-jointed; antennae usually short, •with the clnb ... dermestidae in the larval state nearly all live on dried animal matter, ..."

2. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1900)
"is evidently allied to the dermestidae, but differs in so many radical characters, ... As thus restricted, the American dermestidae may be assigned to five ..."

3. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"2, a) only because thev furnish a good example of what Fischer termed fibrous scales (Faser- schuppen). Of other species of dermestidae I only examined ..."

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