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lightning bugs

lightning bugs is the plural of lightning bug.

Meaning of lightning bug

Noun

lightning bug (plural lightning bugs)

  1. A firefly.
    • I watched as lightning bugs drifted in, glowing yellow against the shadows.2019, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer, Penguin Books (2020), page 18

Questions about lightning bugs

What is lightning bugs the plural of?
Lightning bugs is the plural of lightning bug.

Words near lightning bugs in the dictionary

  1. lightning birds
  2. lightning bolt
  3. lightning bolts
  4. lightning bruiser
  5. lightning bug
  6. lightning bugs
  7. lightning carrier
  8. lightning carriers
  9. lightning chess
  10. lightning conductor
  11. lightning conductors

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