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Noun
1. click beetle; skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae)Usually written using kana alone
Wikipedia definition
2. Click beetleThe family Elateridae is commonly called click beetles (or "typical click beetles" to distinguish them from the related Cerophytidae and Eucnemidae), elaters, snapping beetles, spring beetles or "skipjacks". They are a cosmopolitan beetle family characterized by the unusual click mechanism they possess. There are a few closely related families in which a few members have the same mechanism, but all elaterids can click.
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Other forms
米搗き虫 【こめつきむし】叩頭虫 【こめつきむし】額突虫 【こめつきむし】叩頭虫 【ぬかずきむし】叩頭虫 【ぬかつきむし】額突虫 【ぬかずきむし】額突虫 【ぬかつきむし】コメツキムシ

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