Any of various insects which make a tapping noise likened to the ticking of a watch, sometimes said to herald a death; esp. (more fully death watch…
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释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Anobiidae > xestobium rufovillosum (death-watch) (4) death watch1668 Any of various insects which make a tapping noise likened to the ticking of a watch, sometimes said to herald a death; esp. (more fully death watch… death worm1729 = death watch, n. 1. Obsolete. rare. death tick1853 = death watch, n. 1. furniture beetle1915 a small wood-boring beetle of the family Anobiidæ, esp. Anobium punctatum. |
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