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CARPET BUG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does carpet bug mean?
• CARPET BUG (noun)
The noun CARPET BUG has 1 sense:
1. small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics
Familiarity information: CARPET BUG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 bug" 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 bug"):
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 bug" is a member of...):
Dermestidae; family Dermestidae (carpet beetles)
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