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click' bee"tle




any of numerous beetles of the family Elateridae, having the ability to spring up with a clicking sound when placed on their backs. Also called skipjack, snapping beetle.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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