click beetle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: click beetle	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for click beetle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
click beetle n able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound Synonym(s): click beetle, skipjack, snapping beetle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Elater \[d8]El"a*ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] driver, fr. [?] to drive.] 1. (Bot.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any beetle of the family {Elaterid[91]}, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also {click beetle}, {spring beetle}, and {snapping beetle}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The caudal spring used by {Podura} and related insects for leaping. See {Collembola}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Click beetle \Click" bee"tle\ (Zo[94]l.) See {Elater}.