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Elater   /ˈɛlətər/  /ˈɪleɪtər/   Listen
Elater

noun
1.
Any of various widely distributed beetles.  Synonyms: elaterid, elaterid beetle.



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"Elater" Quotes from Famous Books



... taeniae, are generally very uniform in thickness, distance from each other, and pitch, and in many species are further reenforced by minute longitudinal plications running from one spiral to the next. Furthermore, the spirals may be smooth or spinulose the elater uniform throughout or enlarged betimes by nodes and swellings. Taken altogether, the trichias with the species of the genus next following exhibit the highest degree of differentiation attained by ...
— The North American Slime-Moulds • Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride



Words linked to "Elater" :   skipjack, Pyrophorus noctiluca, click beetle, firefly, beetle, family Elateridae, snapping beetle, Elateridae, fire beetle



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