Firefly Definition

fīrflī
fireflies
noun
fireflies
Any of a family (Lampyridae) of winged beetles, active at night, whose abdomens glow with a luminescent light.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
firefly
Plural:
fireflies

Origin of Firefly

  • From fire +‎ fly.

    From Wiktionary

Firefly Sentence Examples

  • Firefly is a term popularly used for certain tropical American click-beetles (Pyrophorus), due to their power of emitting light.

  • In May, Fox picked up the rights to the new Mutant Enemy show firefly.

  • Firefly is the 2003 Emmy winner for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a television series and it isn't difficult to see why.

  • Don't worry if you never caught firefly - this stands aloft in its own right.

  • Serenity is a movie based on the television show firefly both of which are the pet project of Joss Whedon.

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