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Anobiidae

noun

deathwatch beetles

• Syn: ↑family Anobiidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Coleoptera, ↑order Coleoptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑deathwatch beetle, ↑deathwatch, ↑Xestobium rufovillosum

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\\ˌanəˈbīəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Anobium, type genus + -idae

: a family of small hard-bodied beetles with 5-jointed tarsi and generally serrate clubbed antennae that feed on dry vegetable materials and include destructive pests of stored foods and tobacco — see drugstore beetle

Useful english dictionary. 2012.