firefly

Thân thiện

A child watches a firefly glow in the summer night.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having a luminescent abdominal organ: A soft-bodied beetle, active at night, known for the light produced by a special organ on its abdomen.
   • A tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots: A specific type of click beetle found in the Americas, which also produces light from spots on its body.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • We watched the firefly blink its light in the dark garden.
  • The field was full of fireflies on the summer night.
  • The firefly uses its light to attract a mate.

Advanced Usage

• Collective noun: A group of fireflies is sometimes poetically called a "sparkle" or a "glitter".
  • A glitter of fireflies lit up the forest edge.

Variants and Related Words

• Glowworm (n): Often used to refer to the larval or wingless female stage of some firefly species, which also glows.
  • We found a glowworm under the log.
• Lightning bug (n): A common informal name for a firefly, especially in North America.
  • The children caught lightning bugs in a jar.

Synonyms

• Lampyrid (n): The scientific family name for fireflies (Lampyridae).
• Glow fly (n): A less common synonym.

Related Phrases

• Firefly light / Firefly's glow: The light produced by the insect.
  • The firefly's glow is a result of a chemical reaction called bioluminescence.

Học thuật

Noun

1. nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs
2. tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots

Từ đồng nghĩa

• lightning bug
• fire beetle
• Pyrophorus noctiluca