noun, plural fire·flies.
any nocturnal beetle of the family Lampyridae, characterized by a soft body with a light-producing organ at the rear of the abdomen.
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| —n , pl -flies | |
| 1. | See also glow-worm any nocturnal beetle of the family Lampyridae, common in warm and tropical regions, having luminescent abdominal organs |
| 2. | any tropical American click beetle of the genus Pyrophorus, esp P. noctiluca, that have luminescent thoracic organs |
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