| 单词 | elater |
| 释义 | elater (once / 55752 pages) n WORD FAMILY elater: elaters USAGE EXAMPLESTheir motion is driven by four moisture-sensitive legs, or elaters, which curl when the moisture level changes. BBC(Sep 11, 2013) Elaters truncate at each end, unispiral, adherent to the valves. Gray, Asa, The Manual of the Botany of the Nor...(2012) They passed, and the broadside view of this great elater was still absurdly like the profile of a miniature tonneau with the top down. Addams, Jane, Atlantic Classics, Second Series(2011) n any of various widely distributed beetles Syn|Hypo|Hyper elaterid, elaterid beetle click beetle, skipjack, snapping beetle able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound Pyrophorus noctiluca, fire beetle, fireflytropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots beetle insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings |
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