HyperDic: deathwatch_beetle

English > 1 sense of the expression deathwatch beetle:
NOUNanimaldeathwatch beetle, deathwatch, Xestobium rufovillosumbores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death
English > deathwatch beetle: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningBores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death.
Synonymsdeathwatch, Xestobium rufovillosum
Member ofAnobiidae, family Anobiidaedeathwatch beetles
Broaderbeetleinsect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
Catalanescarabat del rellotge de la mort

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