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Definition of Elaterid
1. Noun. Any of various widely distributed beetles.
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
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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