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click beetle definition

click beetle

any of a family (Elateridae) of beetles that, when on their backs, can usually spring up with a clicking sound

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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