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furniture beetle

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -iːtəl

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of various species of wood-boring beetle, the larvae of which are a type of woodworm, especially Anobium punctatum, the common furniture beetle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences

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Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خُنْفُسَاء الْأَثَاثِ (ḵunfusāʔ al-ʔaṯāṯi) — beetle
  • Asturian: poliya — beetle
  • Asturian: coroyu — beetle
  • Faroese: fýrur — beetle
  • French: petite vrillette — beetle
  • French: vrillette — beetle
  • Polish: kołatek domowy — beetle
  • Polish: kołatek wrężyk — beetle
  • Russian: точи́льщик (točílʹščik) — beetle
  • Russian: ме́бельный точи́льщик (mébelʹnyj točílʹščik) — beetle
  • Turkish: tahta kurdu — beetle
  • Turkish: odun kurdu — beetle