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Anobiidae
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n.1.the family comprising the deathwatch beetles.
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Noun1.Anobiidae - deathwatch beetlesAnobiidae - deathwatch beetles                  
family Anobiidae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Coleoptera, order Coleoptera - beetles
deathwatch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, deathwatch - bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death
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