Search Result:deathwatch
Overview of noun deathwatch
The noun deathwatch has 2 senses
- booklouse, book louse, deathwatch, Liposcelis divinatorius -- (minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers)
- deathwatch beetle, deathwatch, Xestobium rufovillosum -- (bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death)