fire beetle

短语

萤火虫

词形变化

fire beetles 复数 fire beetles

别名

firebeetle

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A luminous click beetle, Pyrophorus noctilucus

  2. 2.

    Any insect in the genus Melanophila

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

firefly

上位词 2

elater elaterid

词源

Pyrophorus noctilucus - because it looks like it is glowing, like fire. Melanophila - because they seek out fire in order to mate and lay eggs in freshly burned wood.

来源：wiktionary