CARPET BEETLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carpet beetle mean? 

• CARPET BEETLE (noun)
  The noun CARPET BEETLE has 1 sense:

1. small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics

  Familiarity information: CARPET BEETLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARPET BEETLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

carpet beetle; carpet bug

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)