单词 | furniture beetle |
释义 | > as lemmasfurniture beetle furniture beetle n. a small wood-boring beetle of the family Anobiidæ, esp. Anobium punctatum. ΘΚΠ 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 1915 Proc. Royal Physical Soc. Edinb. 1912–15 19 220 The Furniture beetles are comprised in the two families Anobiidæ and Lyctidæ. 1938 L. Hunter Domest. Pests xvi. 121 The common furniture beetles emerge from the pupal stage just beneath the surface of the wood. 1959 E. F. Linssen Beetles Brit. Isles II. 62 The most annoying of all household Furniture Beetles is Anobium punctatum. 1971 Times 28 Jan. 12/5 He can point to the exact spot where the furniture beetle may be found at work on a damaged specimen beech. < as lemmas |
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