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FIRE BEETLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fire beetle mean?
• FIRE BEETLE (noun)
The noun FIRE BEETLE has 1 sense:
1. tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
Familiarity information: FIRE BEETLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
fire beetle; firefly; Pyrophorus noctiluca
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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"An excuse is sometime more ugly than a guilt" (Arabic proverb)
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