deathwatch in English

noun
1
a vigil kept beside a dead or dying individual.
When his friend Sir Joseph Hooker's young son fell ill, Darwin drew on his own agonizing deathwatch of Annie to comfort him.
2
a small beetle with larvae that bore into dead wood and structural timbers, causing considerable damage. The adult makes a sound like a watch ticking that was formerly believed to portend death.
noun

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1. 3 synonyms for Booklouse: book louse, deathwatch, Liposcelis divinatorius

2. 3 synonyms for Booklouse: book louse, deathwatch, Liposcelis divinatorius

3. Alric is a Knight-Warden and Black Shield of the Deathwatch

4. Common Booklouse - a variety of Booklouse Trogium pulsatorium book louse, Booklouse, deathwatch, Liposcelis divinatorius - minute wingless

5. Booklouse: 1 n minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers Synonyms: Liposcelis divinatorius , book louse , deathwatch Types: Trogium pulsatorium , common Booklouse a variety of Booklouse Type of: psocopterous insect small soft-bodied insect with chewing mouthparts and either no wings or two pairs