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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.
It was a rare kind, and I almost had one when a mosquito bit me and I had to let the lightning-bug go.
I want to get a new specimen of a lightning-bug I noticed in the garden.
Long and narrow, it looked like a kalsomined cave illumined by a lightning bug in a bottle when he turned the electric switch.
"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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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