Deathwatch
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death
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Senses
Wordset Dictionary
minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
?unassignedlast reviewed —
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- book lousebooklousedeathwatch beetle
- plural
- Deathwatches
- possessive
- Deathwatch's
- pluralpossessive
- Deathwatches'