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Meanings of Pyrophorus noctiluca in inglés

portugués
pirilampo

Tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots.

        pirilampo
        Synonyms
        Examples for "firefly"
        Examples for "firefly"
        1
        For a second time, he heard the echoing voice of the firefly.
        Fireflies
        2
        A good deal has been said of the firefly and of phosphorescence.
        Artificial Light: Its Influence upon Civilization
        3
        I peered in the jar and sure enough, a firefly it was.
        Blind willow, sleeping woman
        4
        No, no; I've seen many a glow-worm and firefly-nothingof that sort.
        Stories by English Authors: Africa (Selected by Scribners)
        5
        She followed the firefly, which, like herself, was seeking the way out.
        Stephen Archer, and Other Tales
        1
        It was like a swarm of autumn fire beetles in feeding frenzy, amplified for some bug's-eye experia documentary.
        Woken furies
        2
        That evening at dark he gathered several handfuls of the great fire beetles and put them in his lantern.
        An American Robinson Crusoe
        3
        Fire beetles from the genus Melanophila depend on fire for reproduction, as their larvae develop in the wood of burned trees.
        Radio NZ
        Translations for Pyrophorus noctiluca
        portugués
        pirilampo