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 > member of genus Anobium (3) 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. |
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