Definitions for click beetle
click bee·tle

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1. click beetle, skipjack, snapping beetlenoun

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

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1. click beetlenoun

   Any of various beetles of the family Elateridae, generally less than 20 mm long, which if turned upside down, flip themselves into the air with a clicking sound.

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1. Click beetle

   Elateridae or click beetles (or "typical click beetles" to distinguish them from the related families Cerophytidae and Eucnemidae, which are also capable of clicking) are a family of beetles. Other names include elaters, snapping beetles, spring beetles or skipjacks. This family was defined by William Elford Leach (1790–1836) in 1815. They are a cosmopolitan beetle family characterized by the unusual click mechanism they possess. There are a few other families of Elateroidea in which a few members have the same mechanism, but most elaterid subfamilies can click. A spine on the prosternum can be snapped into a corresponding notch on the mesosternum, producing a violent "click" that can bounce the beetle into the air. Clicking is mainly used to avoid predation, although it is also useful when the beetle is on its back and needs to right itself. There are about 9300 known species worldwide, and 965 valid species in North America.

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1. click beetle

   A click beetle is a type of beetle from the family Elateridae, known for its unique mechanism of flipping itself into the air when it lands on its back, creating a clicking sound. There are several thousand species of click beetles around the world, recognized by their elongated bodies and the ridges on their wing covers. They are also known as skipjacks, snapping beetles, or spring beetles.

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1. Click beetle

   see Elater

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1. Click beetle

   The family Elateridae is commonly called click beetles, elaters, snapping beetles, spring beetles or "skipjacks". They are a cosmopolitan beetle family characterized by the unusual click mechanism they possess. There are a few closely related families in which a few members have the same mechanism, but all elaterids can click. A spine on the prosternum can be snapped into a corresponding notch on the mesosternum, producing a violent "click" which can bounce the beetle into the air. Clicking is mainly used to avoid predation, although it is also useful when the beetle is on its back and needs to right itself. There are about 9300 known species worldwide, and 965 valid species in North America.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of click beetle in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of click beetle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=click beetle
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Click_Beetle
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_Beetle
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/click beetle
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=click beetle