Usually means: Beetle used for cleaning bones.
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  1. dermestid: Merriam-Webster
  2. dermestid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dermestid: Collins English Dictionary
  4. dermestid, dermestid: Wordnik
  5. dermestid: Wiktionary
  6. dermestid: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. dermestid: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. Dermestid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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noun:  (zoology) Any beetle of the family Dermestidae, most of which are scavengers that feed on dry animal or plant material.

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