ANOBIIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Deathwatch beetles

Synonyms:

Anobiidae; family Anobiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Anobiidae"):

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

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

Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)