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    FIRE BEETLE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spotsplay

    Synonyms:

    fire beetle; firefly; Pyrophorus noctiluca

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("fire beetle" is a kind of...):

    elater; elaterid; elaterid beetle (any of various widely distributed beetles)

    Holonyms ("fire beetle" is a member of...):

    genus Pyrophorus; Pyrophorus (tropical click beetles)

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