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Elater

//ɪˈleɪ.tə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    That which elates.
  2. 2
    Elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas. obsolete
  3. 3
    any of various widely distributed beetles wordnet
  4. 4
    A long, slender cell produced among spores and having hygroscopic secondary cell wall thickenings.

    "The closest affinities of the Jubulaceae are with the Lejeuneaceae. The two families share in common: (a) elaters usually 1-spiral, trumpet-shaped and fixed to the capsule valves, distally[…]"

  5. 5
    Any of the long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails (genus Equisetum).
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  1. 6
    An elaterid, or click beetle.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From elate + -er.

Etymology 2

From New Latin elatēr, from Ancient Greek ἐλατήρ (elatḗr, “driver, that which drives away”).

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