Definition of Carpet bug

1. Noun. Small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics.

Exact synonyms: Carpet Beetle
Generic synonyms: Beetle
Group relationships: Dermestidae, Family Dermestidae
Specialized synonyms: Anthrenus Scrophulariae, Buffalo Carpet Beetle, Black Carpet Beetle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carpet Bug

carpentries
carpentry
carper
carperidine
carpers
carpet-bomb
carpet bagger
carpet baggers
carpet beater
carpet beetle
carpet bomb
carpet bombed
carpet bombing
carpet bombs
carpet bug (current term)
carpet burn
carpet burns
carpet knight
carpet loom
carpet moth
carpet pad
carpet python
carpet shark
carpet sharks
carpet slipper
carpet snake

Literary usage of Carpet bug

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Insects Injurious to the Household and Annoying to Man by Glenn Washington Herrick (1914)
"Ent. Contributions, No. 4, pp. 15-23. 1878. HACEN, H. — On the new carpet bug. Can. Ent., Vol. X, pp. 161-163. 1878. ..."

2. Memorial of Life and Entomologic Work of Joseph Albert Lintner, State by Ephraim Porter Felt (1899)
"Its operations are described and remedies for its attack given. New carpet bug pest—Anthrenus ... The new carpet bug. (Country gentleman. June 7, 1877. ..."

3. Bibliography of the More Important Contributions to American Economic Entomology by United States Bureau of Entomology, Nathan Banks, Samuel Henshaw (1895)
"The new carpet bug. <Cul- tivator and Country Gentl., 7 June, 1877, v. ... LINTNER, JA The carpet bug. <Cultivator and Country Gentl., 2 August, 1877, v. ..."

4. Remarkable Trials of All Countries: Particularly of the United States, Great by Thomas Dunphy, Thomas J. Cummins (1867)
"The carpet-bug was kept under the head of the bed,— the room was so small we had no other place to keep ... Remember going to the carpet-bug that morning. ..."

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