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Cheery beetle?
Answer for the clue "Cheery beetle? ", 6 letters:
elater
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Elater \El"a*ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? driver, fr. ? to drive.] (Bot.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts. (Zo["o]l.) Any beetle of the family Elaterid[ae] , having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of various widely distributed beetles [syn: elaterid beetle , elaterid ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
''"Elaters" is also used as a common name for the Elateridae (click beetles). For the click beetle genus , see '' Elater (beetle) . An elater is a cell (or structure attached to a cell) that is hygroscopic , and therefore will change shape in response to ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. That which elates. Etymology 2 n. 1 (context obsolete English) elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas. 2 (context botany English) A long, slender cell produced among spores and having hygroscopic secondary cell wall thickenings. ...
Usage examples of elater.
In these two genera the elaters are attached to a sterile group of cells projecting into the upper end of the capsule, and on dehiscence remain connected with the tips of the valves.
In some species, although the columella and archesporium arise in the usual way, both give rise to mingled spores and elaters, and no sterile columella is developed.