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CLICK BEETLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does click beetle mean? 

CLICK BEETLE (noun)
  The noun CLICK BEETLE has 1 sense:

1. able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking soundplay

  Familiarity information: CLICK BEETLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CLICK BEETLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

click beetle; skipjack; snapping beetle

Hypernyms ("click beetle" is a kind of...):

elater; elaterid; elaterid beetle (any of various widely distributed beetles)


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