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Lampyridae

noun

fireflies

• Syn: ↑family Lampyridae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Coleoptera, ↑order Coleoptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑firefly, ↑lightning bug

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\\lamˈpirəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Lampyris, type genus + -idae

: a family of beetles of medium or small size having usually an elongate form and rather soft wing covers which do not clasp the sides of the abdomen and including many nocturnal species with luminous organs as well as some species with wingless females — see cantharidae, glowworm

Useful english dictionary. 2012.