Usually means: Bioluminescent beetles emitting light nocturnally.
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  3. firefly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  13. firefly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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noun:  (Northern US, Western US, Florida) Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.

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