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Definition: Carpet Beetle |
Carpet BeetleNoun1. Small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Carpet BeetleSynonym: carpet bug (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Carpet Beetle |
| English words defined with "carpet beetle": Anthrenus, Anthrenus scrophulariae ♦ black carpet beetle, Buffalo bug, buffalo carpet beetle. (references) |
Expressions using "carpet beetle": black carpet beetle ♦ buffalo carpet beetle. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
carpet beetle | 131 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "carpet beetle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tapijtkever (varied carpet beetle, variegated carpet beetle, woolly bear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tupakuoriaiset (woolly bear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | anthrène. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Teppichkaefer (woolly bear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | antreno (woolly bear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arpetcay eetlebay antreno (anthrenus, woolly bear). (various references) mattbaggar (woolly bear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Anthrenus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-e-e-l-p-r-t-t" | |
-3 letters: celebrate, erectable, prebattle. | |
-4 letters: becarpet, bracelet, bractlet, electret, etcetera, praelect, preelect, raclette, tercelet. | |
-5 letters: abetter, battler, beetler, beleapt, beretta, blatter, bleater, brattle, capelet, clatter, electee, palette, partlet, pectate, peltate, percale, petrale, platter, pleater, plectra, prattle, prelate, prelect, reelect, replace, replate, replete, retable, treacle. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 72 70 65 74 42 65 65 74 6C 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110010 01110000 01100101 01110100 00100000 01000010 01100101 01100101 01110100 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a r p e t   B e e t l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0072 0070 0065 0074 0042 0065 0065 0074 006C 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3767848271862367171867871 |
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