Assertion: click beetle | /r/CapableOf | arch its body
Facets:
value: upward
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: However, instead of playing dead as its cousins do, the click beetle arches its body and launches itself repeatedly into the air with an audible “click.
text: It arches its body upward so that only the ends touch the ground, then straightens suddenly, causing the spine to slide into the groove.
text: It arches its body upward so that only the ends touch the ground, then straightens suddenly, causing the spine to slide into the groove.
text: It arches its body upward so that only the ends touch the ground, then straightens suddenly, causing the spine to slide into the groove.
text: When threatened, the click beetle arches its body, popping into the air with repeated clicks until the predator leaves.