deathwatch in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for deathwatch in the English»Spanish Dictionary

deathwatch beetle [ˌdɛθwɒtʃ ˈbiːt(ə)l] N

deathwatch beetle

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English

One variety of deathwatch beetles raps its head against surfaces, presumably as part of a mating ritual, while others emit a ticking sound.

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Their relationship remains poised on an unedifying deathwatch.

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In the light of cold economic truth, this deathwatch is a big part of the never-ending tour's ongoing profitability.

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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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The late ship deathwatch stretched out for months.

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The site acts as a deathwatch for online shutdowns, shutoffs, mergers, and plain old deletions, and then works on indexing, scraping and archiving the content before its lost forever.

www.wired.co.uk

How do you dedicate your career to what is essentially a species deathwatch?

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Although newspapers have been put on a deathwatch, the sector still consumed 5.7 million tons of paper, or about 67 million trees.

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Which brings us back to the deathwatch beetle, another head-banger.

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Should we fear the deathwatch beetle?

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