'Carpet beetle' definitions:
Definition of 'carpet beetle'
From: WordNet
noun
Small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics [syn: carpet beetle, carpet bug]
Definition of 'Carpet beetle'
From: GCIDE
- Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E. Harvest.]
- 1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables. [1913 Webster]
- Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. "The grassy carpet of this plain." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zool.), a small beetle (Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state, does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; -- also called buffalo bug.
- Carpet knight. (a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak. (b) One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or service.
- Carpet moth (Zool.), the larva of an insect which feeds on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds. Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as {Tinea tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.
- Carpet snake (Zool.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond snake}, under Diamond.
- Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping carpets.
- To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression derived from the use of carpets as table cover.
- Brussels carpet. See under Brussels. [1913 Webster]