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FAMILY ANOBIIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deathwatch beetles

Synonyms:

Anobiidae; family Anobiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Anobiidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Anobiidae"):

deathwatch; deathwatch beetle; Xestobium rufovillosum (bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death)

Holonyms ("family Anobiidae" is a member of...):

Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)

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