English Dictionary: snapping beetle | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for snapping beetle | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snapping \Snap"ping\, a. & n. from {Snap}, v. {Snapping beetle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snap beetle}, under {Snap}. {Snapping turtle}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle ({Chelydra serpentina}) common in the fresh waters of the United States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey by a snap of its jaws. Called also {mud turtle}. (b) See {Alligator snapper}, under {Alligator}. | |
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}. |