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Translate firefly from English to French

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firefly:
- ver luisant
Wiktionary:
- firefly → luciole
- firefly → ver luisant, luciole

English

Detailed Translations for firefly from English to French

firefly:

firefly [the ~] nomen

the firefly (glowworm; lightening bug; fire fly)
le ver luisant
- ver luisant [le ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for firefly:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
ver luisant	fire fly; firefly; glowworm; lightening bug
-	Pyrophorus noctiluca; fire beetle; lightning bug

Related Words for "firefly":

fireflies

Synonyms for "firefly":

fire beetle; Pyrophorus noctiluca; elaterid beetle; elater; elaterid
lightning bug; beetle

Related Definitions for "firefly":

nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs¹
tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots¹

Wiktionary Translations for firefly:

firefly

noun

Lampyridae
- firefly → luciole

firefly

noun

animaux|nocat=1 genre d’insecte coléoptère, confondre quelquefois avec le ver luisant.
- luciole → firefly

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• firefly	→ ver luisant; luciole	↔ Glühwürmchen — Zoologie, Entomologie: Käfer, der durch Oxidation von Luciferin kaltes Licht erzeugt

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