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lanthorn-flies

lanthorn-flies is the plural of lanthorn-fly.

Meaning of lanthorn-fly

Noun

lanthorn-fly (plural lanthorn-flies)

  1. (archaic) A firefly
    • Glow-worms, lanthorn-flys may be call'd a living phosphorous1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, page 50

Questions about lanthorn-flies

What is lanthorn-flies the plural of?
Lanthorn-flies is the plural of lanthorn-fly.

Words near lanthorn-flies in the dictionary

  1. lanthiopeptin
  2. lanthipeptide
  3. lanthipeptides
  4. lanthopine
  5. lanthorn
  6. lanthorn-flies
  7. lanthorn-fly
  8. lanthorns
  9. Lanthrop
  10. Lantian
  11. Lantian Man

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