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ANOBIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Anobiidae mean?
• ANOBIIDAE (noun)
The noun ANOBIIDAE has 1 sense:
1. deathwatch beetles
Familiarity information: ANOBIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deathwatch beetles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anobiidae; family Anobiidae
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)
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