ELATERIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Elateridae mean? 

• ELATERIDAE (noun)
  The noun ELATERIDAE has 1 sense:

1. click beetles and certain fireflies

  Familiarity information: ELATERIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELATERIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Click beetles and certain fireflies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Elateridae; family Elateridae

Hypernyms ("Elateridae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Elateridae"):

elater; elaterid; elaterid beetle (any of various widely distributed beetles)

genus Pyrophorus; Pyrophorus (tropical click beetles)

wireworm (wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants)

Holonyms ("Elateridae" is a member of...):

Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)