Dermestoid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dermestoid \Der*mes"toid\, a. [Dermestes + -oid.] (Zool.)
     Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes.
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           The carpet beetle, called the buffalo moth, is a
           dermestoid beetle.                       --Pop. Sci.


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