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click beetle

noun

  1. any of numerous beetles of the family Elateridae, having the ability to spring up with a clicking sound when placed on their backs.


click beetle

noun

  1. any beetle of the family Elateridae, which have the ability to right themselves with a snapping movement when placed on their backs Also calledsnapping beetleskipjack See also wireworm
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of click beetle1

First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences

In the books it is called a click-beetle, but it is also called a skip-jack because of the somersaults it can turn.

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