Definition of Pyrophorus noctiluca

1. Noun. Tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots.

Exact synonyms: Fire Beetle, Firefly
Generic synonyms: Elater, Elaterid, Elaterid Beetle
Group relationships: Genus Pyrophorus, Pyrophorus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrophorus Noctiluca

Pyrenees daisy
Pyrenomycetes
Pyrethrum
Pyrex
Pyridium
Pyrocephalus
Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus
Pyrola americana
Pyrola elliptica
Pyrola minor
Pyrola rotundifolia
Pyrola rotundifolia americana
Pyrola uniflora
Pyrolaceae
Pyrophorus
Pyrophorus noctiluca (current term)
Pyrrhic
Pyrrhic victories
Pyrrhic victory
Pyrrhocoridae
Pyrrhonian
Pyrrhonism
Pyrrhonisms
Pyrrhonist
Pyrrhonists
Pyrrhula
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Pyrrhuloxia sinuata
Pyrrhus
Pyrrophyta

Literary usage of Pyrophorus noctiluca

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Microscope: An Illustrated Monthly Designed to Popularize the Subject of (1891)
"The speaker noticed the exhaustive monograph of Prof Dubois on the Pyrophorus noctiluca of Brazil, whose light was sufficient to read or study by, ..."

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