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Fire beetle

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A luminous click beetle, Pyrophorus noctilucus
  2. 2
    tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots wordnet
  3. 3
    Any insect in the genus Melanophila

Etymology

Pyrophorus noctilucus - because it looks like it is glowing, like fire. Melanophila - because they seek out fire in order to mate and lay eggs in freshly burned wood.

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