dermestoid
English
editEtymology
editAdjective
editdermestoid (not comparable)
- (zoology) Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes.
- Synonym: dermestic
- April 1887, Popular Science Monthly:
- The carpet-beetle, which is commonly, but with no good reason, called the buffalo-moth, is a dermestoid beetle.
References
edit- “dermestoid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.