xestobium rufovillosum

English Thesaurus

1. bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	beetle,
definition	:	insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	anobiidae, family anobiidae,
definition	:	deathwatch beetles (noun.animal)