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Meaning of Firefly | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

ˈfaɪ.əˌflaɪ

Definitions

Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.
Florida, Northern-US, US, Western
A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Equivalents

العربية اليراع حباحب يَرَاعَة

Български светулка

বাংলা খজ্যোতি খদ্যোত জুনি জুনিপোকা জোনাকি জ্যোতিরিঙ্গ জ্যোতিরিঙ্গণ

Bosanski kresnica krijesnica кресница кријесница

Català cuca de llum lluerna

Čeština beruška světluška

Cymraeg magïen

Dansk ildflue

Deutsch Glühwurm Glühwürmchen Johanniswürmchen Leuchtkäfer

Ελληνικά κωλοφωτιά πυγολαμπίδα

Esperanto fulgoro

Español luciérnaga

Eesti jaanimardikas

فارسی کرم شب‌تاب

Suomi kiiltomato tulikärpänen

Français luciole moiselle mouche à feu ver luisant

Galego lucecú lucerga lucerna lurcucú meiga vagalume voilus

ગુજરાતી આગિયો

עברית גחלילית

हिन्दी खद्योत जुगनू ज्योतिरिंगण प्रभाकीट

Hrvatski kresnica krijesnica кресница кријесница

Magyar szentjánosbogár

Հայերեն լուսատտիկ կայծոռիկ փոսուռա

Bahasa Indonesia kelip-kelip kunang-kunang

Íslenska blysbjalla ljósbjalla ljósormur

Italiano lucciola

日本語ほたる蛍螢

ქართული ციცინათელა

ខ្មែរ អំពិលអំពែក

한국어 개똥벌레 반딧불 반딧불이 형

Latina cicindela

Lietuvių jonvabalis

Latviešu jāņtārpiņš

Malagasy angamenavava

Македонски светулка

മലയാളം ഖദ്യോതം മിന്നാമിനുങ്ങ്

मराठी काजवा

Bahasa Melayu kelip-kelip kunang-kunang

မြန်မာဘာသာ ပိုးစုန်းကြူး

Nederlands glimworm vuurvlieg

Polski Świetlik

Português pirilampo vaga-lume vagalume

Română licurici

Русский светляк светлячок

Slovenčina svetluška

Shqip xixëllonjë

Српски kresnica krijesnica кресница кријесница

Svenska lysmask

Kiswahili kimetameta

தமிழ் மின்மினி மின்மினிப்பூச்சி

తెలుగు మిణుగురుపురుగు

Тоҷикӣ кирми шабтоб

ไทย หิ่งห้อย

Tagalog alitaptap

Türkçe ateş böceği yıldız böceği

اردو جُگْنُو

Tiếng Việt đom đóm huynh

Examples

“2000, Exploring Life Science, 2: Bats—Cave Life, Marshall Cavendish, page 96, Fireflies are the best-known insects that produce light. […] Many fireflies use their light to communicate, particularly at mating time when males and females have to get together.”

“The luciferins are different in different species and today both the luciferin and luciferase in the firefly are available in the crystalline form.”

“Various other luciferase genes, especially the firefly luciferase gene, are also used for the study of gene regulation.[…]The classic use of bioluminescence, however, is the use of a luciferin-luciferase mixture from fireflies as an assay for ATP.”

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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