DEATHWATCH BEETLE

Meaning of DEATHWATCH BEETLE in English

Function: 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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DEATHWATCH BEETLE — noun Date: 1877 any of various small beetles (family Anobiidae, especially Xestobium rufovillosum ) that bore in seasoned or dead …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DEATHWATCH BEETLE — Borer insect ( beetle species Xestobium refuvillosum ) that tends to be small (less than 0.5 in., or 1–9 mm) …
Английский словарь Британика
DEATHWATCH BEETLE — noun see deathwatch I
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEATHWATCH BEETLE — [deathwatch beetle] n (1877): any of various small beetles (family Anobiidae) that are common in old houses where they bore …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEATHWATCH BEETLE — (Xestobium refuvillosum), an anobiid, or borer insect, of the family Anobiidae (order Coleoptera). These beetles tend to be small (1 …
Britannica English vocabulary
DEATHWATCH BEETLE — Date: 1877 : any of various small beetles (family Anobiidae, especially Xestobium rufovillosum ) that bore in seasoned or dead …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEATHWATCH BEETLE — Borer insect ( beetle species Xestobium refuvillosum ) that tends to be small (less than 0.5 in., or 19 mm) …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BEETLE — I Any of at least 250,000 species of insects constituting the order Coleoptera (the largest order in the animal kingdom), …
Английский словарь Британика
DEATHWATCH — I. noun Etymology: death + watch (timepiece); from the superstition that its ticking presages death Date: 1646 a small insect …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DEATHWATCH — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: death + watch (timepiece); from the superstition that its ticking presages death : any of several …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEETLE — I. ˈbēd. ə l, -ēt ə l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bityl, betylle, from Old English bitula, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEATHWATCH — (n.) The guard set over a criminal before his execution.
Английский словарь Webster
DEATHWATCH — (n.) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidae, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick.
Английский словарь Webster
DEATHWATCH — (n.) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a …
Английский словарь Webster
BEETLE — (v. t.) To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton …
Английский словарь Webster
DEATHWATCH — ( n. ) The guard set over a criminal before his execution.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DEATHWATCH — ( n. ) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidae, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DEATHWATCH — ( n. ) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BEETLE — ( v. t. ) To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DEATHWATCH — /deth"woch', -wawch'/ , n. 1. a vigil beside a dying or dead person. 2. a guard set over a condemned …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BEETLE — beetle 1 /beet"l/ , n. , v. , beetled, beetling . n. 1. any of numerous insects of the order …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEATHWATCH — n. vigil by the bed of a person who is dying
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BEETLE — v. go somewhere quickly; move like a beetle, move forward, make one's way; scurry (British usage); ram or crush a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DEATHWATCH — I. ˈdeth-ˌwäch noun Etymology: death + watch (timepiece); from the superstition that its ticking presages death Date: 1646 : a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BEETLE — I. ˈbē-t ə l noun Etymology: Middle English betylle, from Old English bitula; akin to bītan to bite Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEATHWATCH — noun the guard set over a criminal before his execution. 2. deathwatch ·noun a small wingless insect, of the family …
Webster English vocab
BEETLE — vt to beat with a heavy mallet. 2. beetle ·vt a heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, ·etc. …
Webster English vocab
DEATHWATCH — [death.watch] n [death + watch (timepiece); fr. the superstition that its ticking presages death] (1646): a small insect that makes …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEETLE — [bee.tle] n [ME betylle, fr. OE bitula; akin to bitan to bite] (bef. 12c) 1: any of an order (Coleoptera) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEETLE — (order Coleoptera), any of at least 250,000 species of insects (the largest order in the animal kingdom), principally characterized by …
Britannica English vocabulary
DEATHWATCH — deathwatch BrE AmE ˈdeθ wɒtʃ AmE \ -wɑːtʃ ▷ deathwatch|es ɪz əz ▶ ˌ deathwatch ˈ beetle BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BEETLE — / ˈbiːtl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. an insect, often large and black, with a hard case …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEETLE — Beetle BrE AmE British English , ‖ Bug American English informal a small car made by Volkswagen which has a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BEETLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a tool with a heavy head and a handle, used for ramming, crushing, driving wedges, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BEETLE — n. & v. n. 1 a tool with a heavy head and a handle, used for ramming, crushing, driving wedges, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BEETLE — n. & v. n. 1 any insect of the order Coleoptera, with modified front wings forming hard protective cases closing …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BEETLE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. any insect of the order Coleoptera, with modified front wings forming hard protective cases …
Oxford English vocab
BEETLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE black ▪ Tiny, polished black pollen beetles crawled over her hand: she had …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEATHWATCH — beetle [noun] [C] - an insect which eats wood, esp. in old houses, and causes serious damage
Cambridge English vocab
BEETLE — n. ladybird beetle snout beetle bark beetle blister beetle Colorado potato beetle cucumber beetle deathwatch beetle dermestid beetle dung beetle …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DEATHWATCH — Synonyms and related words : agony, burial service, death agonies, death groan, death rattle, death struggle, death throes, deathbed, dirge, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEATHWATCH — n. to maintain a ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
DEATHWATCH — сидящий с умирающим
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEETLE — I 1. сущ. 1) жук 2) разг. таракан 3) амер. (Beetle) 'жук' (ласковое название маленького автомобиля марки Volkswagen) ∙ blind …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEATHWATCH — Поминки
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BEETLE — beetle.ogg _I 1. ʹbi:tl n 1. 1> жук carpet beetle - ковровый жучок 2> энт. отряд жесткокрылых ( Coleoptera ) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DEATHWATCH — сидящий с умирающим
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BEETLE — I 1. beetle сущ.1) жук 2) разг. таракан 3) амер. (Beetle) "жук" (ласковое название маленького автомобиля марки Volkswagen)•• blind as …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BEETLE — _I 1. ʹbi:tl n 1. 1> жук carpet beetle - ковровый жучок 2> энт. отряд жесткокрылых ( Coleoptera ) 2. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BEETLE — I 1. ˈbitl сущ. 1) жук 2) разг. таракан 3) амер. (Beetle) "жук" ( ласковое название маленького автомобиля марки Volkswagen …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BEETLE — I 1. ['¤Ђ«®] beetle.wav сущ. 1) жук 2) разг. таракан 3) амер. (Beetle) "жук" (ласковое название маленького автомобиля марки Volkswagen) •• blind as a beetle, beetle blind …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DEATHWATCH — 1) точильщик пёстрый (Xestobium rufovillosum) 2) вошь книжная, книгоед (Troctes divinatorius) 3) сеноед домовый (Atropos pulsatoria)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BEETLE — жук; pl жуки (Coleoptera) - Alaska spruce beetle - alder flea beetle - alder leaf beetle - alfalfa snout beetle - alleculid beetles - Alleghany spruce …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
DEATHWATCH — 1) точильщик пёстрый ( Xestobium rufovillosum ) 2) вошь книжная, книгоед ( Troctes divinatorius ) 3) сеноед домовый ( Atropos …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BEETLE — жук; pl жуки ( Coleoptera ) - Alaska spruce beetle - alder flea beetle - alder leaf beetle - alfalfa …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BEETLE — _I _n. 1> жук - Colorado beetle 2> _собир. таракан; blind as a beetle - совершенно слепой - beetle blind …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
BEETLE — I n. 1. жук - Colorado beetle 2. собир. таракан; blind as a beetle - совершенно слепой - beetle blind …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
BEETLE — _I ˈbi:tl _n. 1> жук; Colorado beetle колорадский жук 2> _разг. таракан; blind as a beetle, beetle blind совершенно слепой …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
BEETLE — beetle n AmE infml We wanted to buy a beetle but decided on a domestic model Мы хотели купить Фольксваген, …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
DEATHWATCH — сидящий с умирающим
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEETLE — I 1. сущ. 1) жук 2) разг. таракан 3) амер. (Beetle) 'жук' (ласковое название маленького автомобиля марки Volkswagen) ∙ blind …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEATHWATCH — сидящий с умирающим
Англо-Русский словарь
WOOD LOUSE — noun 1. : a terrestrial isopod crustacean (suborder Oniscoidea) that has a flattened elliptical body often capable of being rolled …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEAD WATCH — noun Etymology: dead (V) : deathwatch
Webster's New International English Dictionary

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