snap beetle
English
Noun
snap beetle (plural snap beetles)
- Any beetle of the family Elateridae, which, when laid on its back, is able to leap to a considerable height by means of a thoracic spring.
Synonyms
- snap bug, snapper, snapping beetle(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “snap beetle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)