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Pyrophorus

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Noun

1. genus pyrophorus, pyrophorus

tropical click beetles

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Pyrophorus

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noun
1. chemistry obsolete
a substance which ignites when exposed to air
2. 
a genus of luminescent fireflies of the family Elateridae, found mainly in Neotropical America; a firefly of this genus

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