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el·a·ter \ˈeləd.ə(r)\ noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek elatēr driver, from elaunein to drive, beat out — more at elastic 1. -s obsolete : elasticity 2. [New Latin, from Greek elatēr] a. capitalized : the type genus of Elateridae b. -s : any beetle of the family Elateridae : click beetle 3. -s : a filamentous plant structure functioning in the distribution of some product (as spores): as a. : one of the elongated filaments among the spores in the capsule of a liverwort b. : a filament of the capillitium of a slime mold c. : one of the filamentous appendages of the spores in the scouring rushes |