"click beetle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: click beetles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} click beetle (plural click beetles)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: click beetle Categories (lifeform): Elateroid beetles Synonyms: snap bug, snap beetle, snapper, snapping beetle, skipjack Translations (beetle of the family Elateridae): seppä (Finnish), agriote [masculine] (French), taupin [masculine] (French), Schnellkäfer [masculine] (German), шыртылдақ қоңыз (şyrtyldaq qoñyz) (Kazakh), wóónałchídii (Navajo), щелку́н (ščelkún) [masculine] (Russian), cascarudo [masculine] (Spanish), saltaperico [masculine] (Spanish), elátero [masculine] (Spanish), knäppare (Swedish), кова́лик (kovályk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bổ củi (Vietnamese)

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