deathwatch beetle

See also: death-watch beetle

English

deathwatch beetle

Noun

deathwatch beetle (plural deathwatch beetles)

Any of various beetles of the family Anobiidae, especially Xestobium rufovillosum that bore into wood and make a tapping sound.

Translations

beetle of the family Anobiidae

Catalan: escarabat del rellotge de la mort m
Finnish: puunkaivaja (fi)
Hungarian: szú (hu)

Maori: tōkere, tokerangi
Russian: точильщик пёстрый (točilʹščik pjóstryj), книжная вошь (knižnaja vošʹ)
Telugu: కొయ్యతొలుచుపురుగు (koyyatolucupurugu)

Xestobium rufovillosum

Finnish: rautio (fi)

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