English Explanatory Dictionary

lightning beetle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence

Word forms

lightning beetle lightning beetles

Etymology

From lightning + beetle, because the insects glow; whence also firefly.

Synonyms

lightning bug firefly glowworm

Derived words

femme fatale lightning beetle

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