lightning beetle
nounEtymology From lightning + beetle, because the insects glow; whence also firefly.
1
Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence
- Derived terms
- femme fatale lightning beetle
noun
Etymology From lightning + beetle, because the insects glow; whence also firefly.
Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence
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