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Species of beetle
Europe. This species looks very similar to the species Dermestes haemorrhoidalis. Dermestes peruvianus can be distinguished from this species by the following
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Genus of beetles
1873 Dermestes peruvianus Laporte, 1840 Dermestes planus Mroczkowski, 1960 Dermestes progenior Zhantiev, 2006 Dermestes pulcher LeConte, 1854 Dermestes rapax
Dermestes
Species of beetle
14 mm and larvae of about 14 to 17 mm. Adults of Dermestes ater resemble D. haemorrhoidalis and D. peruvianus but differ in several ways. In D. ater, the first
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beetle Dermestes leechi Dermestes maculatus – hide beetle Dermestes murinus Dermestes peruvianus – Peruvian larder beetle Dermestes undulatus Globicornis
List of beetle species of Great Britain
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Dermestes lardarius Linnaeus, 1758 Dermestes maculatus DeGeer, 1774 Dermestes murinus Linnaeus, 1758 Dermestes peruvianus Laporte de Castelnau, 1840 Subfamily
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v. t.
To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; -- applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand.
n.
A genus of coleopterous insects, the larvae of which feed animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats, skins, woolens, and furs. The most common species is D. lardarius, known as the bacon beetle.
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Any one of various other insects that destroy woolen and fur goods, etc., esp. the larvae of several species of beetles of the genera Dermestes and Anthrenus. Carpet moths are often the larvae of Anthrenus. See Carpet beetle, under Carpet, Dermestes, Anthrenus.
a.
Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes.
n.
An ichneumon (Herpestes galera) native of Southern Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white. Called also vondsira, and marsh ichneumon.
n.
Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverridae. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species(H. ichneumon), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of India (H. griseus), known as the mongoose, has similar habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing the cobra.
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A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus).
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The crab-eating ichneumon (Herpestes urva), native of India. The fur is black, annulated with white at the tip of each hair, and a white streak extends from the mouth to the shoulder.
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A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings. O () O, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, derives its form, value, and name from the Greek O, through the Latin. The letter came into the Greek from the Ph/nician, which possibly derived it ultimately from the Egyptian. Etymologically, the letter o is most closely related to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. ban; E. stone, AS. stan; E. broke, AS. brecan to break; E. bore, AS. beran to bear; E. dove, AS. d/fe; E. toft, tuft; tone, tune; number, F. nombre.