lightning bug

English Thesaurus

1. nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	beetle,
definition	:	insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	glowworm,
definition	:	the luminous larva or wingless grub-like female of a firefly (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family lampyridae, lampyridae,
definition	:	fireflies (noun.animal)