(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:40:10

Fire" bee`tle (?). Zool.

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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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