Elaterids is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.
You can make 803 anagrams from letters in elaterids (adeeilrst).
New Latin Elateridae, equivalent to Elater the type genus (Greek; see elater) + -idae -id2
The tribe of weevils is even much more numerous than that of the elaterid and the Buprestid.
Several of the elaterid larvae, however, gnaw roots and are highly destructive to farm crops.