firefly
Meaning of firefly
noun
a soft-bodied beetle related to the glow-worm, the winged male and flightless female of which both have luminescent organs. The light is chiefly produced in flashes and typically functions as a signal between the sexes.
Information about firefly
- It is a name.
- The plural form of firefly is: fireflies.
- Languages in which firefly is used:
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Hyphenation of firefly
fire-fly
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- firefly is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of firefly
- Spanish: luciérnaga
- French: luciole
- Italian: lucciola
- Portuguese: vaga-lume, pirilampo
Words that rhyme with firefly
caddicefly, spongefly, briefly, chiefly, liefly, thiefly, unbriefly, drakefly, snakefly, cranefly, stonefly, refly, horsefly, housefly, whitefly
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