lanthorn-fly

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English

Etymology

From lanthorn +‎ fly.

Noun

lanthorn-fly (plural lanthorn-flies)

(archaic) A firefly
- 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, page 50:
  Glow-worms, lanthorn-flys may be call'd a living phosphorous

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