Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun deathwatch_beetle

1 sense of deathwatch beetle

Sense 1
deathwatch beetle, deathwatch, Xestobium rufovillosum -- (bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death)
       => beetle -- (insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings)