lightning bug in Anglais

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    "Composé de lightning et de bug."
  ],
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      "form": "lightning bugs",
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        "Luciole."
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  "word": "lightning bug"
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    "Composé de lightning et de bug."
  ],
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  "word": "lightning bug"
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"lightning bug" meaning in Anglais

Noun