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Definition of: elaterid
(i·lat′ər·id) adjective
Of or pertaining to a family (Elateridae) of beetles with serrate antennae, including the click beetles or snapping beetles.
—noun An elaterid beetle. [<NL <Gk. elatēr. See ELATER.]
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