LAMPYRIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lampyridae mean? 

• LAMPYRIDAE (noun)
  The noun LAMPYRIDAE has 1 sense:

1. fireflies

  Familiarity information: LAMPYRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAMPYRIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fireflies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Lampyridae; Lampyridae

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)

 Context examples 

A beetle in the family Lampyridae noted for its bioluminescence.

(Lampyridae, NCI Thesaurus)