dermestoid

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adjective

Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes.

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dermestic
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Meanings

adjectivedermestoid (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyPertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes.

    The carpet-beetle, which is commonly, but with no good reason, called the buffalo-moth, is a dermestoid beetle.

    April 1887, Popular Science Monthly

    Synonyms: dermestic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivePertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes.

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dermestic

Origin

Dermestes + -oid

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APA

dermestoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dermestoid

MLA

“dermestoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dermestoid. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dermestoid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dermestoid.

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