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lightning bug

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A firefly or phosphorescent beetle of the family Lampyridæ, related to the European glow-worms.

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  • noun Another name for the firefly.

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  • noun nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs

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  1. beetle

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  1. glowworm

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  • treeseed commented on the word lightning bug

    See firefly

    February 23, 2008

  • vendingmachine commented on the word lightning bug

    “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.”

    - Letter to George Bainton from Mark Twain, 10/15/1888

    February 1, 2016