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ELATER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does elater mean?
• ELATER (noun)
The noun ELATER has 1 sense:
1. any of various widely distributed beetles
Familiarity information: ELATER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various widely distributed beetles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
elater; elaterid; elaterid beetle
Hypernyms ("elater" is a kind of...):
beetle (insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "elater"):
click beetle; skipjack; snapping beetle (able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound)
fire beetle; firefly; Pyrophorus noctiluca (tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots)
Holonyms ("elater" is a member of...):
Elateridae; family Elateridae (click beetles and certain fireflies)
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