snapping beetle


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Related to snapping beetle: click beetle

snap·ping beetle

(snăp′ĭng)
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snapping beetle

n
(Animals) another name for the click beetle
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Noun 1. [画像:snapping beetle - able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound]snapping beetle - able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
elater, elaterid, elaterid beetle - any of various widely distributed beetles
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