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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 fire·fly /-ˌflaɪ/
 螢火蟲

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fire·fly n.; pl. Fireflies  Zool. Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family Lampyridæ.
 Note: ☞ The common American species belong to the genera Photinus (especially Photinus pyralis) and Photuris, in which both sexes are winged. The name is also applied to luminous species of Elateridæ. See Fire beetle.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 firefly
      n 1: tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
           [syn: fire beetle, Pyrophorus noctiluca]
      2: nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent
         abdominal organs [syn: lightning bug]