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deathwatch_beetle

deathwatch beetle

See also: death-watch beetle

English

deathwatch beetle

Noun

deathwatch beetle ‎(plural deathwatch beetles)

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

Translations

beetle of the family Anobiidae

Catalan: escarabat del rellotge de la mort m
Finnish: puunkaivaja (fi)
Hungarian: szú (hu)

Maori: tōkere, tokerangi
Russian: точильщик пёстрый ‎(točilʹščik pjóstryj), книжная вошь ‎(knižnaja vošʹ)
Telugu: కొయ్యతొలుచుపురుగు (te) ‎(koyyatolucupurugu)