| 单词 | death watch beetle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeath watch beetle 1. 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 beetle) a small beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum (family Anobiidae), the larvae of which bore into structural timbers, and (more fully lesser death watch) a common booklouse, Trogium pulsatorium. 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 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. v. §2. 127 Sheathed Winged Insects..That of a long slender body, frequent about houses, making a noise like the minute of a Watch..Death Watch. 1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician II. 385 The Death-watch Spiders spread their curious Hair. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 110 I listened for death-watches in the wainscot. 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xxiv. 383 A little wood-louse..—which on that account has been confounded with the death-watch—is said also..to emit a ticking noise. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 272 Both sexes, in the season of love, have the habit of calling one another by striking rapidly with their mandibles on the wood..This noise, similar to the accelerated beating of a watch, has occasioned..the vulgar name of Death-watch. 1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 132/2 Many of the Malacodermata are wood-borers; these include the Death-watch Beetles (Anobium). 1925 E. G. Blake Enemies of Timber vi. 136 The death-watch beetle..confines its activities exclusively to structural timbers. 1977 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 10) I. xi. 179 The Psocopteran Trogium pulsatorium (the ‘Lesser Death-watch’). 2000 Independent 3 Mar. 5/6 It was discovered that the joists were infested with both death watch beetle and common furniture beetle. < as lemmas |
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