firefly

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)

2. tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	elater, elaterid, elaterid beetle,
definition	:	any of various widely distributed beetles (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus pyrophorus, pyrophorus,
definition	:	tropical click beetles (noun.animal)