Meanings
plural click beetles
- 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.
Synonyms: snap bug, snap beetle, snapper, snapping beetle, skipjack
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nounable to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Danish smælder
- smælderbeetle of the family Elateridae
Finnish seppä
- seppäbeetle of the family Elateridae
French agriote, taupin
- agriotebeetle of the family Elateridae
- taupinbeetle of the family Elateridae
German Schnellkäfer
- Schnellkäferbeetle of the family Elateridae
Japanese 米搗虫
- 米搗虫 (kometsuki-mushi)beetle of the family Elateridae
Russian щелку́н
- щелку́н (ščelkún)beetle of the family Elateridae
Spanish cascarudo, saltaperico
- cascarudobeetle of the family Elateridae
- saltapericobeetle of the family Elateridae
- eláterobeetle of the family Elateridae
Swedish knäppare
- knäpparebeetle of the family Elateridae
Ukrainian кова́лик
- кова́лик (kovályk)beetle of the family Elateridae
Vietnamese bổ củi
- bổ củibeetle of the family Elateridae
Cite this entry
click beetle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/click%20beetle
“click beetle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/click%20beetle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “click beetle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/click%20beetle.
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