firefly

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Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Noun
  - 1.1.1 Synonyms
  - 1.1.2 Translations
- 1.2 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

Singular
fire fly

Plural
fireflies

fire fly (plural fireflies)

A nocturnal, bioluminescent beetle of the family Lampyridae.

[edit] Synonyms

(beetle): lightning bug

[edit] Translations

beetle

Albanian: xixëllonjë f.
Armenian: լուսատտիկ hy(hy) (lusattik)
Basque: euli ipurtargi
Chamicuro: puulo
Chinese:

Cantonese: trad. 螢火蟲, simpl. 萤火虫 (jyutping: jing4 fo2 cung4)

Mandarin: trad. 螢火蟲, simpl. 萤火虫 (pinyin: yínghuǒchóng)
Danish: ildflue da(da) c.
Finnish: kiiltomato fi(fi), tulikärpänen fi(fi)
French: luciole fr(fr) f.
German: Glühwürmchen de(de) n., Leuchtkäfer de(de) m.
Greek: πυγολαμπίδα el(el) (pigolampiδa) f., (colloquial) κωλοφωτιά el(el) (kolofotiá) f.
Icelandic: eldfluga is(is) f.
Italian: lucciola it(it) f.

Japanese: 蛍 (ほたる, hotaru)
Latin: cicindela la(la) f.
Latvian: jāņtārpiņš m.
Lithuanian: jõnvabalis lt(lt) m., žibukas lt(lt) m.
Macedonian: светулка (svetulka) f.
Navajo: chʼosh bikǫʼí
Norwegian: ildflue no(no) f.
Polish: świetlik m.
Portuguese: vaga-lume m., pirilampo m.
Russian: светляк ru(ru) (svetlják) m.
Spanish: luciérnaga es(es) f.
Swedish: eldfluga sv(sv) c.
Turkish: ateşböceği tr(tr)

[edit] See also

glowworm

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