DEATHWATCH BEETLE


Meaning of DEATHWATCH BEETLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1877

: any of various small beetles (family Anobiidae, especially Xestobium rufovillosum ) that bore in seasoned or dead wood (as of old buildings) and make a tapping noise as a mating call

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