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DEATHWATCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death
Synonyms:
deathwatch; deathwatch beetle; Xestobium rufovillosum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("deathwatch" is a kind of...):
beetle (insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings)
Holonyms ("deathwatch" is a member of...):
Anobiidae; family Anobiidae (deathwatch beetles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers
Synonyms:
book louse; booklouse; deathwatch; Liposcelis divinatorius
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("deathwatch" is a kind of...):
psocopterous insect (small soft-bodied insect with chewing mouthparts and either no wings or two pairs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deathwatch"):
common booklouse; Trogium pulsatorium (a variety of booklouse)
Holonyms ("deathwatch" is a member of...):
genus Liposcelis; Liposcelis (a genus of Psocidae)
