English
Detailed Synonyms for deathwatch in English
deathwatch:
deathwatch [the ~] noun
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the deathwatch
– bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death 1the deathwatch beetle; the Xestobium rufovillosum; the deathwatch– bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death 1 -
the deathwatch
– minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers 1the deathwatch; the book louse; the booklouse; the Liposcelis divinatorius– minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers 1