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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Fire beetle

/fī'-ẽr bēt'-əl/ · Fire· bee·tle · IPA
01 A very brilliantly luminous beetle (Pyrophorus noctilucus), one of the elaters, found in Central and South America; -- called also cucujo. …
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    A very brilliantly luminous beetle (Pyrophorus noctilucus), one of the elaters, found in Central and South America; -- called also cucujo. The name is also applied to other species. See Firefly.(Zool.) Also: cucujo See: Firefly