Meaning & use
Firefly
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a nocturnal flying beetle that produces a flashing bioluminescent light from its abdomen, typically to attract mates.
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The children chased fireflies across the yard as dusk settled in.
On summer nights, the field glowed with the soft blinking of fireflies.
A note on using this word
Despite the name, a firefly is a beetle, not a fly; it produces light through a chemical reaction called bioluminescence.
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