carpet beetle

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Any of various small dermestid beetles of the genera Anthrenus and Attagenus, having larvae that are destructive to wool carpets, fur, leather, and other organic material.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A popular name of Anthrenus scrophulariæ, a beetle of the family Dermestidæ: so called from its destructiveness to carpets and other woolen fabrics.

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• noun small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics