Dermestarium
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dermestarium-323-13970895
title:
Dermestarium
text:
A dermestarium is a room, container, or terrarium where taxidermists let invertebrates - typically beetle larvae - remove (eat) flesh and other soft parts from animal carcasses or parts of animal carcasses, such as skulls. The purpose is to expose and clean individual bones or entire skeletons for study and preservation. The word dermestarium derives from Dermestes, the genus name of the beetle most commonly used for the task. Other invertebrates, notably isopods and clothes moths, have also bee
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Facility used for defleshing bones for long-term preservation
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermestarium
date created:
date modified:
2024-03-09T05:05:11Z
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