| Elater (elater) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| E*lat"er |
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One who, or that
which, elates.
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| Elater (elater) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| ||El"a*ter |
| [NL., fr. Gr. (?)
driver, fr. (?) to drive.] |
An
elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some
liverworts.
Any beetle of the
family Elateridæ, 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.
The caudal spring used
by Podura and related insects for leaping. See
Collembola.
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| Elater (elater) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| El"a*ter |
| (Chem.) |
The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of
the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly
Motordica Elaterium) and other related species. It is
extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a
violent purgative.
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