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lightning bug

noun as in nocturnal luminescent beetle

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In reality it is only the female which is the lightning bug, for the male is not equipped with any lighting power.

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It was a rare kind, and I almost had one when a mosquito bit me and I had to let the lightning-bug go.

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I want to get a new specimen of a lightning-bug I noticed in the garden.

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Long and narrow, it looked like a kalsomined cave illumined by a lightning bug in a bottle when he turned the electric switch.

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"Nothing doing on the carpenter's bench," he said, flashing the "lightning bug" toward the site of the engine house.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to lightning bug, such as: candle fly, fire beetle, firefly, fireworm, glowworm, and lampyrid.

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