Definition of Firely
Fire"fly` (?), n.; pl.
Fireflies (&?;). (Zoöl.) Any
luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family
Lampyridæ.
&fist; The common American species belong to the genera
Photinus and Photuris, in which both sexes are winged.
The name is also applied to luminous species of
Elateridæ. See Fire beetle.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A nocturnal, bioluminescent beetle of the family Lampyridae.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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