lightning bug

English

Noun

lightning bug (plural lightning bugs)

A firefly.
- 2019, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer, Penguin Books (2020), page 18:
  I watched as lightning bugs drifted in, glowing yellow against the shadows.

Translations

firefly — see firefly

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