Definition of Anobium tessellatum. Meaning of Anobium tessellatum. Synonyms of Anobium tessellatum

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Definition of Anobium tessellatum

Anobium tessellatum
Deathwatch Death"watch` (?; 224), n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death. (b) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocid[ae], which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick. She is always seeing apparitions and hearing deathwatches. --Addison. I did not hear the dog howl, mother, or the deathwatch beat. --Tennyson. 2. The guard set over a criminal before his execution.

Meaning of Anobium tessellatum from wikipedia

- species Hygrobia hermanni (Fabricius, 1775) 18 species Subfamily Anobiinae Anobium punctatum (DeGeer, 1774) Stegobium paniceum (Linnaeus, 1758) Subfamily...
- locality for species Anobium †Anobium deceptum – type locality for species †Anobium lignitum – type locality for species †Anobium ovale – type locality...