firefly
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- noun
- /ˈfaɪərˌflaɪ/
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luciérnaga
- Could it be those fireflies, or whatever they are?
- flashing fireflies
- light from fireflies
- fireflies at night
Part of me were neon, a gnarly glow attracting A firefly's haze of blinking tail lights.
- Part of me were neon, a gnarly glow attracting A firefly's haze of blinking tail lights.
- The female Firefly, she's on that blade of grass.
- I'm paraphrasing that people want to find insects in the fireflies.
Examples
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And in Japanese poetry, the firefly serves as a metaphor for silent yet passionate love.
Academic text (2003) -
The garden was alive with the glow of fireflies dancing in the twilight.
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Then another and another, fireflies dancing through the air.
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When the jar was full of fireflies, I let them go and started over.
Fiction book (1990) -
On long summer evenings throughout the United States, countless children chase fireflies through fields and backyards.
Academic text (2003) -
As light slips from the summer sky, an army of male fireflies awakens from its daytime slumber.
Academic text (2003) -
Jackals howled in the orange grove, and fireflies glittered between the leaves.
Fiction book (1996) -
In North America, the flashing fireflies fall into three main genera: Photinus, Photuris, and Pyractomena.
Academic text (2003) -
A heron squawks, a frog bewhomps, and fireflies light up beneath darkening sycamores.
Fiction book (1996) -
We caught a few fireflies and watched them light up our backyard.
Synonyms
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2.8
A small insect that makes a soft light at night
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6.7
A small insect that shines softly at night, often a wingless female firefly
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9.9
A group of beetles called fireflies that make light at night
How Bright
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Firefly comes from putting fire and fly together. fire suggests 'light' and fly is the insect, so a firefly is a small bug that shines like a tiny flying light.