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lightning bug

noun

Etymology

From lightning + bug, because the insects glow; whence also firefly. Compare glow fly, glowworm, and lanternfly.

  1. derived from *buddô✻
  2. derived from budda
  3. derived from budde
  4. derived from *bʰew-✻
  5. derived from *bugja-✻
  6. derived from bugge
  7. compounded as lightning bug — “lightning + bug”

Definitions

  1. A firefly.

    • I watched as lightning bugs drifted in, glowing yellow against the shadows.

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