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单词 dermestid
释义

dermestid

noun

der·​mes·​tid (ˌ)dər-ˈme-stəd How to pronounce dermestid (audio)
: any of a family (Dermestidae) of beetles with clubbed antennae that are very destructive to organic material of animal origin (such as dried meat, wool, or museum specimens)
dermestid adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Then the cleaning crew dries the skulls for a few days before putting them in a colony of dermestid beetles, which will eat off the rest of the fleshy bits. National Geographic, 23 Aug. 2016

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

circa 1888, in the meaning defined above

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