| 词汇 | deathwatch beetle |
| 词源 | deathwatch beetle. When the little beetle Anobinidae tesella- tum clicked or tapped, according to an old superstition, death would come to someone in the house. The beetle was therefore named the deathwatch. The sound of the deathwatch is really the beetle’s mating call, which it makes by raising itself on its hind legs and beating its head rapidly against wood. |
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