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Words with a similar base: deathwatch, deathwatch_beetle

'deathwatch'

[booklouse.n.01] as in: minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers

'deathwatch'

[deathwatch_beetle.n.01] as in: bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death

Origins

					deathwatch (English)
├── death (English)
│   └── deeth (Middle English (1100-1500))
│       └── deaþ (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── watch (English)