Definition of Elaterites

1. elaterite [n] - See also: elaterite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elaterites

elastostatics
elastotic degeneration
elastoviscoplastic
elate
elated
elatedly
elatedness
elatednesses
elater
elaterid
elaterid beetle
elaterids
elaterin
elaterins
elaterite
elaterites (current term)
elaterium
elateriums
elaterometer
elaterometers
elaters
elates
elating
elation
elations
elative
elative case
elative cases
elatives
elatrometer

Literary usage of Elaterites

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

1. A Familiar Introduction to the History of Insects: Being a New and Greatly by Edward Newman (1841)
"Click-beetles or elaterites. Larva elongate, cylindrical, with six articulate and one caudal leg; slothful. Feeds on the roots of wheat, potatoes, &c., ..."

2. Index to the Known Fossil Insects of the World: Including Myriapods and by Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1891)
"elaterites robustus. (Elateridae.) Locality: Eichstadt, Bavaria. Horizon: Jura. 1888. Oppenheim. ..."

3. Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology by Geological Survey of Canada (1895)
"... ^i ; a fragment of the elytron highly enlarged. 4. The same, ^; the entire elytron. 5. elaterites sp., -|. 6. ..."

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