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fire beetle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables
fire bee-tle
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A luminous click beetle, Pyrophorus noctilucus

noun

Any insect in the genus Melanophila

Etymology

* (Pyrophorus noctilucus): Because of its fiery glowing appearance. * (Melanophila): Because they seek out fire in order to mate and lay eggs in freshly burned wood.

Inflected Forms

fire beetles (plural)

Phrases

black fire beetle

Synonyms

headlight elater firefly pyrophorus noctiluca

Questions

What does fire beetle mean?
A luminous click beetle, Pyrophorus noctilucus
Where does fire beetle come from?
* (Pyrophorus noctilucus): Because of its fiery glowing appearance. * (Melanophila): Because they seek out fire in order to mate and lay eggs in freshly burned wood.

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