railway beetle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A South American beetle of the family Malacodermidae that exhibits red and green luminescence.

Word forms

railway beetle railway beetles

Etymology

The luminescence was thought to resemble the lights of a train.

Related words

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