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CARPET BEETLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics

Synonyms:

carpet beetle; carpet bug

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("carpet beetle" is a kind of...):

beetle (insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carpet beetle"):

Anthrenus scrophulariae; buffalo carpet beetle (a small black and red and white carpet beetle)

black carpet beetle (a carpet beetle that is solid black in color)

Holonyms ("carpet beetle" is a member of...):

Dermestidae; family Dermestidae (carpet beetles)

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