English Explanatory Dictionary

lightning bug

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A firefly.

Word forms

lightning bug lightning bugs

Etymology

From lightning + bug, because the insects glow; whence also firefly. Compare glow fly, glowworm, and lanternfly.

Derived words

femme fatale lightning bug

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