Dēath'-watch, n.
n. (Entom.) A small kind of beetle (Anobium tessellatum), whose ticking, which is really the call of the male for its mate, has been supposed, by superstitious and ignorant people, to prognosticate death.
n. (Entom.) A small kind of beetle (Anobium tessellatum), whose ticking, which is really the call of the male for its mate, has been supposed, by superstitious and ignorant people, to prognosticate death.