Usually means: Bioluminescent beetle, emits flashing light.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word lightning bug:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. lightning bug: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lightning bug: Merriam-Webster
  3. lightning bug: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lightning bug: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lightning bug: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lightning bug: Vocabulary.com
  7. lightning bug: Wordnik
  8. lightning bug: Wiktionary
  9. lightning bug: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. lightning bug: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Lightning bug, lightning bug: Dictionary.com
  12. Lightning Bug (film), Lightning Bug, Lightning bug: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. lightning bug: Rhymezone
  14. lightning bug: FreeDictionary.org
  15. lightning bug: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. lightning bug: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lightning bug: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lightning bug: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lightning bug)

▸ noun:  A firefly.

Similar:
firefly, fire-fly, glow fly, lampyrid, noctiluca, firebeetle, lampyrine, lanthorn-fly, fire beetle, common glow-worm, more...

Opposite:
darkling beetle, glowworm

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Similar:
firefly, fire-fly, glow fly, lampyrid, noctiluca, firebeetle, lampyrine, lanthorn-fly, fire beetle, common glow-worm, more...

Opposite:
darkling beetle, glowworm



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