anobium

\\əˈnōbēəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from ano- (I) + -bium

: a genus (the type of the family Anobiidae) of small beetles including a number of forms that bore in dry wood — compare furniture beetle, powder-post beetle

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Anobium /a-nōˈbi-əm/

noun

A genus of small beetles of the family Anobiidae /a-nō-bīˈi-dē/, a number of species of which bore in dry wood

ORIGIN: New L, from Gr ano upwards, and bios life