Firefly

Definitions

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

Equivalents

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.”

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