Carpet Beetle (Noun)
Meaning
Small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The small carpet beetle infested the antique Persian rug causing it significant damage.
- Infestations of the carpet beetle larvae were becoming a regular occurrence at her textile museum job.
- There are different methods available for managing a carpet beetle problem within homes and museums.
- Exhibitions managers may regularly fumigate woolens at specific humidity to counter the destructive influence of carpet beetles and clothing moths.
- Treatment was delayed by disagreements on safe strategies for cleaning precious historic clothing made fragile and likely discolored, even disintegrated due to recent carpets beetles problems in areas away.