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    snapping beetle
    [ noun ]
    able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
    <noun.animal>


    Snapping \Snap"ping\,
    a. & n. from {Snap}, v.

    {Snapping beetle}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Snap beetle}, under
    {Snap}.

    {Snapping turtle}. (Zo["o]l.)
    (a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle ({Chelydra
    serpentina}) common in the fresh waters of the United
    States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey
    by a snap of its jaws. Called also {mud turtle}.
    (b) See {Alligator snapper}, under {Alligator}.

    Elater \El"a*ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? driver, fr. ? to drive.]
    1. (Bot.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the
    spores, as in some liverworts.

    2. (Zo["o]l.) Any beetle of the family {Elaterid[ae]}, having
    the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden
    upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation
    between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also {click
    beetle}, {spring beetle}, and {snapping beetle}.

    3. (Zo["o]l.) The caudal spring used by {Podura} and related
    insects for leaping. See {Collembola}.

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