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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cucujo \Cu*cu"jo\ (k??-k??"h?), n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
     The fire beetle of Mexico and the West Indies.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Fire beetle \Fire" bee`tle\ (Zo["o]l.)
     A very brilliantly luminous beetle ({Pyrophorus noctilucus),
     one of the elaters, found in Central and South America; --
     called also cucujo. The name is also applied to other
     species. See Firefly.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Fire beetle \Fire" bee`tle\ (Zo["o]l.)
     A very brilliantly luminous beetle ({Pyrophorus noctilucus),
     one of the elaters, found in Central and South America; --
     called also cucujo. The name is also applied to other
     species. See Firefly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Cucujo \Cu*cu"jo\ (k??-k??"h?), n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
     The fire beetle of Mexico and the West Indies.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cucujo
     n.
     (lb en dated) Any of a number of species of bioluminescent beetle in
  the ''(w Pyrophorus (beetle) Pyrophorus)'' genus

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  cucujo
     n.
     (lb en dated) Any of a number of species of bioluminescent beetle in
  the ''(w Pyrophorus (beetle) Pyrophorus)'' genus

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  cucujo
     n.
     (lb en dated) Any of a number of species of bioluminescent beetle in
  the ''(w Pyrophorus (beetle) Pyrophorus)'' genus

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  cucujo
     n.
     (lb en dated) Any of a number of species of bioluminescent beetle in
  the ''(w Pyrophorus (beetle) Pyrophorus)'' genus

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