資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Anthrenus \An*thre"nus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a hornet.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval
   state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The
   common ``museum pest'' is {A. varius}; the carpet beetle is
   {A. scrophulari[ae]}. The larv[ae] are commonly confounded
   with moths.