buffalo carpet beetle

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   a small black and red and white carpet beetle

   SynonymsAnthrenus scrophulariae

   Broadercarpet beetle

Questions about buffalo carpet beetle

What does buffalo carpet beetle mean?

buffalo carpet beetle means "a small black and red and white carpet beetle".

What is another word for buffalo carpet beetle?

Close synonyms include Anthrenus scrophulariae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is buffalo carpet beetle a common word?

buffalo carpet beetle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.