any coleopterous beetle of the family Anobiidae, in which the pronotum characteristically forms a hood that more or less covers the head. The family includes such notorious pests as the furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum) and the deathwatch beetle, the larvae of which attack furniture and beams
See also deathwatch
Examples of 'furniture beetle' in a sentence
furniture beetle
Woodworm is not actually a worm, but the wood-eating larvae or grubs of insects (mostly the common furniture beetle).