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Lantern-fly
see synonyms of lantern-flyNoun
1. lantern fly, lantern-fly
large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light
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Lantern-fly
see synonyms of lantern-flynoun
any of various tropical insects of the homopterous family Fulgoridae, many species of which have a snoutlike process formerly thought to emit light
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Lantern-fly
see synonyms of lantern-fly any of various large, brightly colored South American homopteran insects (family Fulgoridae) having a long head with a hollow part formerly thought to emit light
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