单词 | death tick |
释义 | > as lemmasdeath tick death tick n. now rare = death watch n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by sound > that ticks death watch1668 death worm1729 death tick1853 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) death watch1668 death worm1729 death tick1853 furniture beetle1915 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 death watch1668 death worm1729 death tick1853 1853 H. Melville Cock-a-doodle-doo! in Harper's Mag. Dec. 81/1 I might as well have asked him if he had heard the death-tick. 1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 207 In the huge beams or woodwork, the death-tick is sure to be heard in the silence of the night. 1947 V. Randolph Ozark Superstitions xiii. 302 The famous death watch or death tick..is supposed to mean a death in the building within a few days. < as lemmas |
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