larder-heetle

(lir’dér-bé/tl), n. The bacon- beetle, Dermestes lardarius: so called from its depredations upon stored animal foods. See Dermestes, and cut under bacon-beetle. larderellite (lir-de-rel’/it), ». [Named after one Larderel, connected with the borax industry of Tuscany.] A hydrous ammonium borate occurring in white crystalline ma es about the Tuscan lagoons.