(isim) tahtakurdu

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deathwatch
a vigil besides a dying person
minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers
one who guards a condemned person before execution
The guard set over a criminal before his execution
a deathwatch beetle
bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death
A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidæ, which makes a similar but fainter sound; called also deathtick
{i} vigil by the bed of a person who is dying
A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species)
By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death