ELATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does elater mean? 

• ELATER (noun)
  The noun ELATER has 1 sense:

1. any of various widely distributed beetles

  Familiarity information: ELATER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELATER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various widely distributed beetles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

elater; elaterid; elaterid beetle

Hypernyms ("elater" is a kind of...):

beetle (insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "elater"):

click beetle; skipjack; snapping beetle (able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound)

fire beetle; firefly; Pyrophorus noctiluca (tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots)

Holonyms ("elater" is a member of...):

Elateridae; family Elateridae (click beetles and certain fireflies)