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单词 carpet beetle
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Definition of carpet beetle in English:

carpet beetle

noun
  • A small beetle whose larva (the woolly bear) is destructive to carpets, fabrics, and other materials.

    Genus Anthrenus, family Dermestidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Several types of beetles (cigarette beetles and carpet beetles and relatives) also will feed on spices.
    • He admitted to not having hoovered his carpet for 5 months (and they found carpet beetles in it, ugh!
    • The carpet beetles, the feathered beetles, things even strangely called cigarette beetles, I guess they must have gobbled up people's cigarettes while they were sitting in their pocket.
    • But most of my observations of plants and animals (not counting carpet beetles, silverfish, and cockroaches) take place in public parks and gardens.
    • Buzz showcases nearly seventy of Steger's favorite models, many of them bugs one might find around the house, from carpet beetles to fruit flies.
    • In addition, ants, carpet beetles, flies and cockroaches may find their way to the comb to feed and reproduce.
    • Clothes moths and carpet beetles often destroy woolen clothing, furs, rugs and furniture.
    • A number of insects that live within birds' nests can find their way indoors - such as carpet beetles, house moths, spider beetles and the martin bug.
 
 

Definition of carpet beetle in US English:

carpet beetle

nounˈkärpət ˈbēdl
  • A small beetle whose larva (the woolly bear) is destructive to carpets, fabrics, and other materials.

    Genus Anthrenus, family Dermestidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Clothes moths and carpet beetles often destroy woolen clothing, furs, rugs and furniture.
    • The carpet beetles, the feathered beetles, things even strangely called cigarette beetles, I guess they must have gobbled up people's cigarettes while they were sitting in their pocket.
    • Buzz showcases nearly seventy of Steger's favorite models, many of them bugs one might find around the house, from carpet beetles to fruit flies.
    • A number of insects that live within birds' nests can find their way indoors - such as carpet beetles, house moths, spider beetles and the martin bug.
    • Several types of beetles (cigarette beetles and carpet beetles and relatives) also will feed on spices.
    • He admitted to not having hoovered his carpet for 5 months (and they found carpet beetles in it, ugh!
    • In addition, ants, carpet beetles, flies and cockroaches may find their way to the comb to feed and reproduce.
    • But most of my observations of plants and animals (not counting carpet beetles, silverfish, and cockroaches) take place in public parks and gardens.
 
 
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