Lightning-bug synonyms
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candle fly
fire-beetle
Any of various tropical American click beetles of the genus Pyrophorus, having luminous spots on the prothorax and abdomen.
Any of a family (Lampyridae) of winged beetles, active at night, whose abdomens glow with a luminescent light
fireworm
The larva of any of several tortricid moths (Tortricidae).
glowworm
A bioluminescent larva or a wingless wormlike female of certain insects, especially fireflies and beetles of the family Phengodidae.
lampyrid
(Zoology) Any member of the family Lampyridae; a firefly or lightning bug.
lantern fly
Any of various chiefly tropical hemipteran insects of the family Fulgoridae that have an enlarged, elongated head, once thought to be luminescent.
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Any of various bioluminescent dinoflagellates of the genus Noctiluca that when grouped in large numbers make the sea phosphorescent.
Find another word for lightning-bug. In this page you can discover 8 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for lightning-bug, like: candle fly, fire-beetle, firefly, fireworm, glowworm, lampyrid, lantern fly and noctiluca.
