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