carpet beetle

English

Noun

carpet beetle (plural carpet beetles)

1. Any of numerous species of beetles in the family Dermestidae, especially in the genus Anthrenus, which are pests that cause extensive damage to wool, leather, silk, feathers, many stored products, and animal specimens.

Derived terms

• black carpet beetle (Attagenus unicolor)
• brown carpet beetle (Attagenus smirnovi)
• buffalo carpet beetle (Anthrenus scrophulariae)
• common carpet beetle (Anthrenus scrophulariae)
• furniture carpet beetle (Anthrenus flavipes)
• varied carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: escarabat de les catifes m
• Danish: tæppebille c
• German: Teppichkäfer m
• Turkish: kürk böceği (tr)

References

• “carpet beetle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• carpet beetle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia