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


  Firefly \Fire"fly`\, n.; pl. Fireflies. (Zo["o]l.)
     Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the
     family Lampyrid[ae].
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The common American species belong to the genera
           Photinus (especially Photinus pyralis) and
           Photuris, in which both sexes are winged. The name is
           also applied to luminous species of Elaterid[ae]. See
           Fire beetle.
           [1913 Webster +PJC]

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


  Firefly \Fire"fly`\, n.; pl. Fireflies. (Zo["o]l.)
     Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the
     family Lampyrid[ae].
  
     Note: The common American species belong to the genera
           Photinus and Photuris, in which both sexes are
           winged. The name is also applied to luminous species of
           Elaterid[ae]. See Fire beetle.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  firefly
       n 1: tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
            [syn: fire beetle, Pyrophorus noctiluca]
       2: nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent
          abdominal organs [syn: lightning bug]

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


  firefly
     Αγγλικά n.
     η πυγολαμπίδα

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


  fire-fly
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en firefly)

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


  firefly
     n.
     Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence
  during twilight.

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


  fire-fly
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en firefly)

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


  firefly
     n.
     Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence
  during twilight.

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


  fire-fly
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en firefly)

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


  firefly
     n.
     Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence
  during twilight.

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


  fire-fly
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en firefly)

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


  firefly
     n.
     Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence
  during twilight.

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


  firefly
     Englanti n.
     1 tulikärpänen
     2 kiiltomato

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


  firefly
     Engelska n.
     (tagg kat=insekter språk=en) lysmask

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Firefly /fˈaɪəflaɪ/
  اليراع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  firefly /fˈaɪəflaɪ/ 
  свету́лка
  Lampyridae

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  firefly /fˈaɪəflaɪ/ 
  světluška

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  firefly /fˈaɪəflaɪ/
  Glühwürmchen , Leuchtkäfer  [zool.]
     Synonyms: glow worm, glowworm, lightning bug
  
   see: fireflies, glow worms, glowworms, lightning bugs

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  firefly /fˈaɪəflaɪ/ 
  kiiltomato, tulikärpänen
  Lampyridae

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  firefly /fˈaɪəflaɪ/ 
  1. जुगनू
        "Fireflies are normally seen at night in jungles."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  firefly /fˈaɪəflaɪ/
  1. világító bogár
  2. szentjánosbogár

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-ind ]


  firefly /fˈaɪəflaɪ/ 
  kunang-kunang
  Lampyridae

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]


  firefly /fˈaɪəflaɪ/ 
  蛍, ホタル
  Lampyridae

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]


  firefly /fˈaɪəflaɪ/ 
  lysmask
  Lampyridae

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈfaɪɝˌfɫaɪ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "firefly":
     blink, blinking, candle fly, coruscation, fire beetle, fireworm,
     glimmer, glimmering, glisten, glister, glitter, glittering,
     glowworm, lampyrid, lantern fly, lightning bug, luciferase,
     luciferin, luminophor, phosphor, scintilla, scintillation, shimmer,
     shimmering, spangle, spark, sparkle, stroboscopic light, tinsel,
     twinkle, twinkling

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  n. 萤火虫;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     n. 萤火虫

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