FAMILY DERMESTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Dermestidae mean? 

• FAMILY DERMESTIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY DERMESTIDAE has 1 sense:

1. carpet beetles

  Familiarity information: FAMILY DERMESTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY DERMESTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Carpet beetles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dermestidae; family Dermestidae

Hypernyms ("family Dermestidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Dermestidae"):

carpet beetle; carpet bug (small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics)

Holonyms ("family Dermestidae" is a member of...):

Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)