Tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots.
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Examples for "firefly "
Examples for "firefly "
1 For a second time, he heard the echoing voice of the firefly .
2 A good deal has been said of the firefly and of phosphorescence.
3 I peered in the jar and sure enough, a firefly it was.
4 No, no; I've seen many a glow-worm and firefly - nothing of that sort.
5 She followed the firefly , which, like herself, was seeking the way out.
1 It was like a swarm of autumn fire beetles in feeding frenzy, amplified for some bug's-eye experia documentary.
2 That evening at dark he gathered several handfuls of the great fire beetles and put them in his lantern.
3 Fire beetles from the genus Melanophila depend on fire for reproduction, as their larvae develop in the wood of burned trees.
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Translations for fire beetle