xestobium rufovillosum

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xestobium rufovillosum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Xestobium rufovillosum
      n 1: bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought
           to presage death [syn: deathwatch beetle, deathwatch,
           Xestobium rufovillosum]