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noun

Fire beetle n. (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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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Words linked to "Fire beetle" : firefly, elaterid beetle, elater, elaterid, Pyrophorus, genus Pyrophorus