Definition of
firefly has definitions from the field of zoology
1
[ noun ] (zoology) tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots

Synonyms

Pyrophorus_noctiluca fire_beetle

Related terms

elaterid_beetle Pyrophorus

2
[ noun ] (zoology) nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs

Synonyms

lightning_bug

Related terms

beetle glowworm Lampyridae

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Rhymes with

butterfly overfly fly gadfly botfly shoofly

Phonetic and Homophones

F AY1 ER0 F L AY2

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