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Deathwatch Beetle

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Noun

1. deathwatch, deathwatch beetle, xestobium rufovillosum

bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death

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Deathwatch Beetle

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a beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, whose woodboring larvae are a serious pest. The adult produces a rapid tapping sound with its head that was once popularly supposed to presage death
See also anobiid
noun
a beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, whose woodboring larvae are a serious pest The adult produces a rapid tapping sound with its head that was once popularly supposed to presage death
See also anobiid

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Deathwatch Beetle

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n.
Any of several wood-boring beetles of the family Anobiidae that make a clicking sound with the head from inside furniture and other wooden structures. The sound has traditionally been regarded as a portent of death.

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