DERMESTID


Meaning of DERMESTID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ (ˌ)dər-ˈmes-təd ]

noun

Etymology: ultimately from Greek dermēstēs, a leather-eating worm, literally, skin eater, from derm- + edmenai to eat — more at eat

Date: circa 1888

: any of a family (Dermestidae) of beetles with clubbed antennae that are very destructive to organic material of animal origin (as dried meat, wool, or museum specimens)

• dermestid adjective

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