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Noun: fire beetle  fI(-u)r bee-t(u)l
  1. Tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
    - firefly, Pyrophorus noctiluca

Derived forms: fire beetles

Type of: elater, elaterid, elaterid beetle

Part of: genus Pyrophorus, Pyrophorus

Encyclopedia: Fire beetle