deathwatch beetle (n)
deathwatch#1 (n)
Xestobium rufovillosum (n)

n02177775

type n
lex_filenum 05
def bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death
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Hypernym beetle
Member holonym Anobiidae, family Anobiidae
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Hyponym beetle
Member meronym Anobiidae, family Anobiidae

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