Definition of Anobiidae

1. Noun. Deathwatch beetles.

Exact synonyms: Family Anobiidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Coleoptera, Order Coleoptera
Member holonyms: Deathwatch, Deathwatch Beetle, Xestobium Rufovillosum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anobiidae

Annona
Annona cherimola
Annona diversifolia
Annona glabra
Annona muricata
Annona reticulata
Annona squamosa
Annonaceae
Annunciation
Annunciation Day
Annunciation lily
Annwfn
Annwn
Anoa depressicornis
Anoa mindorensis
Anobiidae
Anodonta
Anoectochilus
Anogramma
Anogramma leptophylla
Anointing of the Sick
Anolis carolinensis
Anomala
Anomala orientalis
Anomalopidae
Anomalopteryx oweni
Anomia ephippium
Anomiidae
Anon
Anopheles albimanus

Literary usage of Anobiidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Described Diptera of North America by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken (1862)
"The trochanters are moderate, the tibiae are terminated by a single large spur ; the first joint of the tarsi is long. Sub-Family IL— anobiidae. ..."

2. Annales de la Société entomologique de France by Société entomologique de France (1904)
"Notes sur plusieurs anobiidae d'Afrique. ... dans la collection des anobiidae de F. Ancey, sous le nom A'Anobium ..."

3. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"... of anobiidae rather than the predaceous larvae of Cleridae. We follow Leconte and Horn in placing ..."

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