Library / English Dictionary

LAMPYRIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fireflies

Synonyms:

family Lampyridae; Lampyridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Lampyridae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Lampyridae"):

firefly; lightning bug (nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs)

Holonyms ("Lampyridae" is a member of...):

Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)

Credits