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Lampyridae

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prop. n.1.A natural family of insects comprising the fireflies.
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Noun1.Lampyridae - fireflies
family Lampyridae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Coleoptera, order Coleoptera - beetles
lightning bug, firefly - nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs


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All the fireflies, which I caught here, belonged to the Lampyridae (in which family the English glowworm is included), and the greater number of specimens were of Lampyris occidentalis.
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