furniture beetle

noun

Any of various species of wood-boring beetle, the larvae of which are a type of woodworm, especially Anobium punctatum, the common furniture beetle.

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Meanings

nounfurniture beetle (plural furniture beetles)

plural furniture beetles

  1. biologyAny of various species of wood-boring beetle, the larvae of which are a type of woodworm, especially Anobium punctatum, the common furniture beetle.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
woodworm

Translations

Arabic خُنْفُسَاء الْأَثَاثِ
  • خُنْفُسَاء الْأَثَاثِ (ḵunfusāʔ al-ʔaṯāṯi)beetle
French petite vrillette, vrillette
  • petite vrillettebeetle
  • vrillettebeetle
Polish kołatek domowy, kołatek wrężyk
  • kołatek domowybeetle
  • kołatek wrężykbeetle
Russian точи́льщик, ме́бельный точи́льщик
  • точи́льщик (točílʹščik)beetle
  • ме́бельный точи́льщик (mébelʹnyj točílʹščik)beetle
Turkish tahta kurdu, odun kurdu
  • tahta kurdubeetle
  • odun kurdubeetle

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with furniture beetle

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Cite this entry
APA

furniture beetle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furniture%20beetle

MLA

“furniture beetle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furniture%20beetle. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “furniture beetle,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furniture%20beetle.

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