Dermestoid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Dermestoid is an adjective meaning (zoology) Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes.
Meaning
(zoology) Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes.
Example Sentences
The carpet-beetle, which is commonly, but with no good reason, called the buffalo-moth, is a dermestoid beetle.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dasyurine, stenodermine, trematoid, perissodactylic, deserticolous, didelphian.
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