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Meaning of DERMESTOID

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Der*mes"toid\, a. [Dermestes + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes.

      The carpet beetle, called the buffalo moth, is a
      dermestoid beetle.                       --Pop. Sci.
                                               Monthly.

 

 

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