"furniture beetle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: furniture beetles [plural]
Rhymes: -iːtəl Head templates: {{en-noun}} furniture beetle (plural furniture beetles)
  1. (entomology) Any of various species of wood-boring beetle, the larvae of which are a type of woodworm, especially Anobium punctatum, the common furniture beetle. Categories (topical): Entomology Categories (lifeform): Bostrichiform beetles Translations (beetle): petite vrillette [feminine] (French), vrillette [feminine] (French), точи́льщик (točílʹščik) [masculine] (Russian), ме́бельный точи́льщик (mébelʹnyj točílʹščik) (taxonomic: Anobium punctatum) [masculine] (Russian)

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