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    FAMILY ELATERIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Click beetles and certain firefliesplay

    Synonyms:

    Elateridae; family Elateridae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Elateridae" is a kind of...):

    arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "family Elateridae"):

    elater; elaterid; elaterid beetle (any of various widely distributed beetles)

    genus Pyrophorus; Pyrophorus (tropical click beetles)

    wireworm (wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants)

    Holonyms ("family Elateridae" is a member of...):

    Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)

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