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carpet beetle

noun

Definition of carpet beetle

: any of several small dermestid beetles (genera Anthrenus and Attagenus) whose larvae are destructive especially to woolen goods

Examples of carpet beetle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 Along with the ticks, the team found microscopic hairs from carpet beetle larvae, creatures that are commonly found in birds’ nests today. — John Pickrell, National Geographic, "Ticks That Fed on Dinosaurs Found Trapped in Amber," 12 Dec. 2017

First Known Use of carpet beetle

circa 1889, in the meaning defined above

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