Definition of Elaterid

1. Noun. Any of various widely distributed beetles.

Exact synonyms: Elater, Elaterid Beetle
Generic synonyms: Beetle
Group relationships: Elateridae, Family Elateridae
Specialized synonyms: Click Beetle, Skipjack, Snapping Beetle, Fire Beetle, Firefly, Pyrophorus Noctiluca

Definition of Elaterid

1. an elater [n -S] - See also: elater

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elaterid

elastorrhexis
elastosis
elastosis colloidalis conglomerata
elastosis dystrophica
elastosis perforans serpiginosa
elastostatic
elastostatics
elastotic degeneration
elastoviscoplastic
elate
elated
elatedly
elatedness
elatednesses
elater
elaterid (current term)
elaterid beetle
elaterids
elaterin
elaterins
elaterite
elaterites
elaterium
elateriums
elaterometer
elaterometers
elaters
elates
elating
elation

Literary usage of Elaterid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"... an elaterid, are transparent brown when seen by transmitted light, but by reflected light appear bronzed blue, green, or red. Their form is seen in fig. ..."

2. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Entomological Section (1890)
"Megalodon Blanchardi* n. sp., by C. Brongniart. Description of a new species of elaterid of the genus ..."

3. Insect Life by Division of Entomology, United States Bureau of Entomology (1892)
"This had been done, it was claimed, by wire-worms (elaterid larva?). During my visit these laiva' had disappeared, and only in one. instance, while digging ..."

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