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deathwatch beetle
noun
Definition of DEATHWATCH BEETLE
: 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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1877
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