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Significados de lightning bug en inglés

portugués
pirilampo
catalán
cuca de llum
español
lampyridae

Nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs.

lampyridae
Sinónimos
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
Uso de lightning bug en inglés
1
This makes him remember a certain kind of lightning bug in Penang.
The new yorker
2
It spun away toward the Hufflepuff grandstand like a supercharged lightning bug.
James Potter and the Morrigan Web
3
Comparing Sarah to the others was like comparing lightning to the lightning bug.
The Fireman
4
You know what a firefly or lightning bug is like, don't you, Horatio?
The Scranton High Chums on the Cinder Path / Or, The Mystery of ...
5
Eve zeroed in on another lightning bug and caught it between her cupped palms.
Sanctuary
6
A lightning bug drifted by, glowing and fading.
The lake
7
I believe Campbell could make you a flashlight out of a tin can and a lightning bug.
Serena
8
I say, Nic, that's a lightning bug.
Hemlock Grove
9
It, not him, my lightning bug.
Soulless
10
The difference between a gym teacher and Sean Maguire was the difference between a lightning bug and a lightning bolt.
Table for five
11
I lit the ostensible cigar with the heat energy of a single electron, the equipment of a single lightning bug.
Sympathy for the devil
12
Me, I'm twice as befuddled as a lightning bug bashing itself to bits to get out of an old mayonnaise jar.
Dark rivers of the heart
13
It was a Golden Snitch, its tiny wings enchanted with green light, glowing like a hyperactive lightning bug against the dark clouds.
James Potter and the Morrigan Web
14
Mark Twain always said the difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
The Irish Times
15
Their beauty was to the beauty of Miss Canal Zone as the glory of the Sun was to the glory of a lightning bug.
The Sirens of Titan
16
They saw many lights sparkling, and out to sea was a tall lighthouse with a gleaming beacon which flickered like a giant lightning bug.
The Story of a Plush Bear
Translations for lightning bug
español
lampyridae