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7 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
noun nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs
originEndocentric compound of fire + fly, because the insects glow; whence also lightning bug. Compare glow fly, glowworm, and lanternfly. Compare typologically Ancient Greek λαμπυρίς (lampurís, “glowworm”) (<+ πῦρ (pûr)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- iffy 13
- rifely 12
- riffle 12
- ferly 11
- fiery 11
- fifer 11
- flyer 11
- refly 11
- reify 11
- fief 10
- fife 10
- fley 10