dermestoid

English

Dermestes lardarius, a dermestoid beetle

Wikispecies

Etymology

Dermestes +‎ -oid

Adjective

dermestoid (not comparable)

1. (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

• “dermestoid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.