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firefly

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

  • n. Any of various nocturnal beetles of the family Lampyridae, characteristically having luminescent chemicals in the posterior tip of the abdomen that produce a flashing light. Also called lightning bug. See Regional Note at lightning bug.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

  • n. A nocturnal, bioluminescent beetle of the family Lampyridae.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • n. Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family Lampyridæ.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • n. An insect which has the faculty of becoming luminous; a lampyrid or elaterid beetle which emits phosphorescent light from organs in some part of the body.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • n. nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs
  • n. tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots

Etymologies

fire +‎ fly (Wiktionary)

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synonyms (1)

Words with the same meaning

  1. lightning bug

hypernyms (4)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. beetle
  2. elater
  3. elaterid
  4. elaterid beetle

same context (13)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. ateenage
  2. aureate
  3. bluish-white
  4. clapped-out
  5. diehard
  6. dull-faced
  7. humanlike
  8. microplate
  9. point-and-click
  10. primary-response
  11. second-season
  12. seven-week
  13. starstruck

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  • elfflame commented on the word firefly

    Zoë: Sir... you paid money for this? On purpose?
    Mal: Ship like this, be with you till the day you die.
    Zoë: Because it's a death trap.

    December 18, 2007