Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A firefly.
- noun A Chinese and East Indian lantern-fly, of the family Fulgoridæ and genus Fulgora, such as F. candelaria. See cut under
lantern-fly .
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Examples
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Burton and Green were attracted to one of these festivals, even as the candle-fly seeks the blazing torch.
History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868 Kemp Plummer 1907
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a candle-fly that was hurrying to an illumination in the palace, and tumbled headlong into the thorns.
The Story-teller Maud Lindsay
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