deathwatch in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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In addition to this, woodworm and dry and wet rot had set in, and the deathwatch beetle was rife.
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Less commonly, it can also be used to control rodents, powderpost beetles, deathwatch beetles, bark beetles, and bedbugs.
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Deathwatch is a skilled ninja, and highly proficient in acrobatic hand-to-hand combat, and is an experienced strangler.
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Damage to building timbers caused by the deathwatch beetle is associated principally with oak and elm (more rarely in softwood).
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Because of their penchant for damp oak timbers, deathwatch beetle infestations commonly occur in old church buildings.
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Deathwatch beetles create small neat holes about 3mm in diameter, which have sharp clean edges and traces of bore dust may be observed in or around the hole.
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If his condition is believed to be true, what he hears at the end of the story may not be the old man's heart but deathwatch beetles.
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Their relationship remains poised on an unedifying deathwatch.
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Why put phone numbers on deathwatch?
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Which brings us back to the deathwatch beetle, another head-banger.
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