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| —n | |
| 1. | a vigil held beside a dying or dead person |
| 2. | deathwatch beetle See also anobiid a beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, whose woodboring larvae are a serious pest. The adult produces a rapid tapping sound with its head that was once popularly supposed to presage death |
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