"fire beetle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fire beetles [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{taxlink|Pyrophorus noctilucus|species}} Pyrophorus noctilucus Head templates: {{en-noun}} fire beetle (plural fire beetles)
  1. A luminous click beetle, Pyrophorus noctilucus Categories (lifeform): Beetles, Elateroid beetles Synonyms: headlight elater Derived forms: black fire beetle (taxonomic: Melanophila acuminata) Translations (Pyrophorus noctilucus): piroforo [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-fire_beetle-en-noun-kwiUOV4f Disambiguation of Beetles: 77 23 Disambiguation of Elateroid beetles: 77 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'Pyrophorus noctilucus': 92 8
  2. Any insect in the genus Melanophila
    Sense id: en-fire_beetle-en-noun-LdyIbUxM

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