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buffalo carpet beetle.
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buffalo carpet beetle — noun a small black and red and white carpet beetle • Syn: ↑Anthrenus scrophulariae • Hypernyms: ↑carpet beetle, ↑carpet bug * * * I. noun see buffalo bug II … Useful english dictionary
buffalo carpet beetle. — See under carpet beetle. Also called buffalobug /buf euh loh bug /, buffalo bug, buffalo moth … Useful english dictionary
carpet beetle — noun small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics • Syn: ↑carpet bug • Hypernyms: ↑beetle • Hyponyms: ↑buffalo carpet beetle, ↑Anthrenus scrophulariae, ↑black carpet beetle … Useful english dictionary
carpet beetle — any of several small beetles of the family Dermestidae, the larvae of which are household pests, feeding on rugs and other woolen fabrics, esp. Anthrenus scrophulariae (buffalo carpet beetle) and Attagenus piceus (black carpet beetle). Also… … Universalium
Carpet beetle — Carpet Car pet (k[aum]r p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo s fruit, E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
carpet bug — noun small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics • Syn: ↑carpet beetle • Hypernyms: ↑beetle • Hyponyms: ↑buffalo carpet beetle, ↑Anthrenus scrophulariae, ↑black carpet beetle … Useful english dictionary
buffalo bug — noun or buffalo carpet beetle Etymology: so called from its appearance : carpet beetle * * * buffalo bug, = carpet beetle. (Cf. ↑carpet beetle) … Useful english dictionary
buffalo bug — Carpet Car pet (k[aum]r p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo s fruit, E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Carpet — Car pet (k[aum]r p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo s fruit, E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Carpet bug — Carpet Car pet (k[aum]r p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo s fruit, E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
