ˈeləd.ə(r) noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek elatēr driver, from elaunein to drive, beat out — more at elastic
1. -s obsolete : elasticity
2.
[New Latin, from Greek elatēr ]
a. capitalized : the type genus of Elateridae
b. -s : any beetle of the family Elateridae : click beetle
3. -s : a filamentous plant structure functioning in the distribution of some product (as spores): as
a. : one of the elongated filaments among the spores in the capsule of a liverwort
b. : a filament of the capillitium of a slime mold
c. : one of the filamentous appendages of the spores in the scouring rushes