The carpet beetle, called the buffalo moth, is a dermestoid beetle. --Pop. Sci. Monthly. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Attagenus piceus — Tapestry beetle Tap es*try bee tle A small black dermestoid beetle ({Attagenus piceus}) whose larva feeds on tapestry, carpets, silk, fur, flour, and various other goods. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tapestry beetle — Tap es*try bee tle A small black dermestoid beetle ({Attagenus piceus}) whose larva feeds on tapestry, carpets, silk, fur, flour, and various other goods. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
