a click-beetle (cf. click, n.1 6).

A beetle of the genus Elater or family Elateridae, characterized by the habit of springing abruptly into the air when disturbed; = click beetle n. at…

spec. As a name for various insects. A skipjack or spring-beetle.

Zoology. Linnæus' name for a genus of beetles (now the family Elateridæ) possessing the power of springing upward from a supine position for the…

A beetle belonging to the family Elateridæ; a click-beetle (see click, n.1 6) or spring-beetle. Also attributive.

= snap-beetle n.

= click beetle n. at compounds 3a. Obsolete.

snapping beetle (or bug, jack), snapping mackerel (see quots.); snapping shrimp, a shrimp of the family Alpheidæ, which uses its large chelæ to make…