'Click beetle' definitions:
Definition of 'click beetle'
(from WordNet)
noun
Able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound [syn: click beetle, skipjack, snapping beetle]
Definition of 'Click beetle'
From: GCIDE
- Click beetle \Click" bee"tle\ (Zool.) See Elater. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'click beetle'
From: GCIDE
- Elater \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any beetle of the family Elaterid[ae], 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zo["o]l.) The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola. [1913 Webster]