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Definition of Click beetle
1. Noun. Able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound.
Definition of Click beetle
1. Noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Click Beetle
Literary usage of Click beetle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of the Garden by Charles McIntosh (1855)
"... the long-necked click- beetle. VOL. II. ... the margined click- beetle.
One of the natural enemies to these is the genera ..."
2. The Book of Corn: A Complete Treatise Upon the Culture, Marketing and Uses edited by Herbert Myrick (1904)
"The man- Fig 64—Adult click beetle (After Forbes) agement of corn on land containing
grubs should also be directed to the protection of the plants from ..."
3. The Wheat Plant: Its Origin, Culture, Growth, Development, Composition by John Hancock Klippart (1860)
"The obscure click-beetle is of the same size and form as the last, ... The pasture,
or spitting click-beetle, is much smaller than A. obscurus; ..."
4. Butterflies and Bees: The Insect Folk : Volume II by Margaret Warner Morley (1905)
"The click beetle lays its eggs on the ground or on the bark of trees, and the
larvae of some species do a good deal of damage to the roots of grains I / J, ..."
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