Home / Dictionary / Deathwatch beetle

Deathwatch beetle Moderate

Deathwatch beetle has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

Any of various beetles of the family Anobiidae, especially Xestobium rufovillosum, that bore into wood and make a tapping sound.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
beetle
Rhyming Words
tle lttle ixtle sutle litle kytle butle title ittle ettle attle dartle nustle myrtle firtle tootle justle cantle bustle bootle
Compare
Deathwatch beetle vs