English Dictionary

deathwatch beetle

名詞

Any of various beetles of the family Anobiidae, especially Xestobium rufovillosum, that bore into wood and make a tapping sound.

日本語の意味

アノビアイ科に属する甲虫（特にXestobium rufovillosumなど）、木材に穴をあけ、かすかな叩く音を発する種。

I could hear a deathwatch beetle tapping in the old beam above my bed.

ベッドのすぐ上にある古い梁で、木材に穴を開けてトントンと音を立てるキクイムシ科の甲虫の音が聞こえた。

意味（1）

Any of various beetles of the family Anobiidae, especially Xestobium rufovillosum, that bore into wood and make a tapping sound.

And chambermaids christen this worm a death-watch: Because like a watch it always cries click; Then woe to those in the house who are sick,

deathwatch beetles （ plural ）