deathwatch
noun
1 deathwatch
Minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers.
synonyms: book louse, booklouse, Liposcelis divinatorius.
Dutch: boekenluis
2 deathwatch
Bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death.
synonyms: deathwatch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum.
Polish: tykotek rudowłos
Moby thesaurus: agony, burial service, death agonies, death groan, death rattle, death struggle, death throes, deathbed, dirge, dying breath, eulogy, exequies, extreme unction, extremity, final extremity, funeral oration, funeral rites, last agony, last breath, last duty ... show more.
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