Definition of Dermestids

1. dermestid [n] - See also: dermestid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dermestids

dermatosis
dermatosis medicamentosa
dermatosis papulosa nigra
dermatosparaxis
dermatotherapy
dermatothlasia
dermatotropic
dermatoxenoplasty
dermatozoiasis
dermatozoon
dermatozoonosis
dermatrophia
dermenchysis
dermestes
dermestid
dermestids (current term)
dermestoid
dermic
dermis
dermises
dermo-
dermoblast
dermobranchiata
dermobranchiate
dermochelyid
dermochelyids
dermocyma
dermoepidermal interface
dermographia
dermohaemal

Literary usage of Dermestids

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

1. The North American Species of Drosophila by Alfred Henry Sturtevant (1921)
"A collection of small Diptera is not as difficult to keep up as is a collection of larger insects, for the reason that dermestids do not very often attack ..."

2. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"Then it was found that with the dermestids had also been brought in a most interesting parasite which proved to be ..."

3. A Manual on the Study of Insects by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1895)
"600. some Of tile dermestids as well as some of the lady-bugs transform in the last larval skin. ..."

4. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"Family Dermestidae (dermestids).—These insects are small, the largest common species in this country being only about one-third of an inch long. ..."

5. Insects Injurious to the Household and Annoying to Man by Glenn Washington Herrick (1914)
"Feather felting by dermestids. Insect Life, Vol. 2, pp. 317-318. 1890. Another beetle destructive to carpets. Insect Life, Vol. 3, p. 65. 1892. ..."

6. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1912)
"Dr. Skinner said they have had considerable trouble at the Academy, caused by dermestids infesting the mounted heads hanging about the museum. ..."

7. Economic Entomology for the Farmer and the Fruit Grower, and for Use as a by John Bernhard Smith (1906)
"... or even in mills and provision houses where they become overrun with "skippers" or dermestids. When used to kill insects in bins and closed receptacles, ..."

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