| lantern fly n. Any of various chiefly tropical insects of the family Fulgoridae that have an enlarged, elongated head, once thought to be luminescent. |
lantern fly
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various tropical insects of the homopterous family Fulgoridae, many species of which have a snoutlike process formerly thought to emit light
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| Noun | 1. |  lantern fly - large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit lightplant hopper, planthopper - related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants family Fulgoridae, Fulgoridae - plant hoppers: lantern flies |
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