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Firefly

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Noun

1. fire beetle, firefly, pyrophorus noctiluca

tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots

2. firefly, lightning bug

nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Firefly

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noun plural -flies
1. 
any nocturnal beetle of the family Lampyridae, common in warm and tropical regions, having luminescent abdominal organs
See also glow-worm
2. 
any tropical American click beetle of the genus Pyrophorus, esp P. noctiluca, that have luminescent thoracic organs

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Firefly

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nounWord forms: plural ˈfireˌflies
any of a family (Lampyridae) of winged beetles, active at night, whose abdomens usually glow with a luminescent light
see also glowworm

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Firefly

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n.
Any of various nocturnal beetles of the family Lampyridae, characteristically having bioluminescent organs in the tip of the abdomen that produce a flashing light. Also called lightning bug.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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