noun
- Minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers.
- synonyms: booklouse, book louse, Liposcelis divinatorius
- Bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death.
- synonyms: deathwatch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum
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