Synonym: Pyrophorus noctiluca, fire beetle, lightning bug. Similar words: surefire, firefighter, chiefly, briefly, horsefly, reflux, reflex, reflect. Meaning: n. 1. tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots 2. nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs.
(31) The firefly is a holometabolic insect, passing through the stages of being an egg, being a larva, molting , and pupation.
More similar words: surefire, firefighter, chiefly, briefly, horsefly, reflux, reflex, reflect, reflexive, preflight, reflector, reflected, reflect on, reflection, reflecting, reflective, tsetse fly, reflexology, reflectively, fire, fired, afire, reflexive pronoun, fire up, on fire, angle of reflection, firemen, misfire, firebug, firewall.