deathwatch beetles

A form of deathwatch beetle — Any of various beetles of the family Anobiidae, now usually included in family Ptinidae, especially Xestobium rufovillosum, that bore into wood and make a tapping sound.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of deathwatch beetle
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