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Deathwatch Beetle

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death

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Entity Type

Unknown—authoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
deathwatch
plural
Deathwatch Beetles
possessive
Deathwatch Beetle's
pluralpossessive
Deathwatch Beetles'