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deathwatch

DEFINITIONS OF: deathwatch

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

Synonyms:
Xestobium rufovillosum, deathwatch beetle
Type of:
beetle
insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings

n minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers

Synonyms:
Liposcelis divinatorius, book louse, booklouse
Types:
Trogium pulsatorium, common booklouse
a variety of booklouse
Type of:
psocopterous insect
small soft-bodied insect with chewing mouthparts and either no wings or two pairs
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