LAMPYRIS

Meaning of LAMPYRIS in English

ˈlampərə̇s noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, glowworm, from Greek, from lampein to shine — more at lamp

: a genus (the type of the family Lampyridae) including common European fireflies

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

LAMPYRIS — (n.) A genus of coleopterous insects, including the glowworms.
Английский словарь Webster
LAMPYRIS — ( n. ) A genus of coleopterous insects, including the glowworms.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LAMPYRIS — noun a genus of coleopterous insects, including the glowworms.
Webster English vocab
LAMPYRIS NOCTILUCA — common glowworm
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
LAMPYRIDAE — lamˈpirəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Lampyris, type genus + -idae : a family of beetles of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAMPYRINE — (n.) An insect of the genus Lampyris, or family Lampyridae. See Lampyris.
Английский словарь Webster
GLOWWORM — (n.) A coleopterous insect of the genus Lampyris; esp., the wingless females and larvae of the two European species (L. …
Английский словарь Webster
LAMPYRINE — ( n. ) An insect of the genus Lampyris, or family Lampyridae. See Lampyris.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GLOWWORM — ( n. ) A coleopterous insect of the genus Lampyris; esp., the wingless females and larvae of the two European …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LAMPYRID — /lam"peuh rid/ , n. 1. any of several beetles of the family Lampyridae, comprising the fireflies. adj. 2. belonging or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GLOWWORM — /gloh"werrm'/ , n. 1. the wingless female or larva of the European beetle, Lampyris noctiluca, which emits a sustained greenish …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAMPYRINE — noun an insect of the genus lampyris, or family lampyridae. ·see lampyris.
Webster English vocab
GLOWWORM — noun a coleopterous insect of the genus lampyris; ·esp., the wingless females and larvae of the two european species (l. …
Webster English vocab
GLOW-WORM — ■ noun a soft-bodied beetle whose larva-like wingless female emits light to attract males. [ Lampyris noctiluca (Europe), Zarhipis integripennis …
Concise Oxford English vocab
GLOWWORM — any crawling, luminous insect emitting light either continuously or in prolonged glows rather than in brief flashes as do most …
Britannica English vocabulary
FIREFLY — also called Lightning Bug, any of the nocturnal luminous insects of the beetle family Lampyridae (order Coleoptera), consisting of about …
Britannica English vocabulary
GLOW — v. & n. --v.intr. 1 a throw out light and heat without flame; be incandescent. b shine like something heated …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GLOW — v. & n. v.intr. 1 a throw out light and heat without flame; be incandescent. b shine like something heated …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GLOW — v. & n. --v.intr. 1. a throw out light and heat without flame; be incandescent. b shine like something heated …
Oxford English vocab
GLOW-WORM — n. Firefly ( Lampyris noctilucas ), glass-worm.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
FIREFLY — n. 1. Elater ( of South America ). 2. Glow-worm ( Lampyris noctiluca ).
Dictionary of English Synonyms
GLOWWORM — 1) личинка светляка обыкновенного (Lampyris noctiluca); pl светляки (Lampyridae) 2) личинка грибного комарика Bolitophila luminosa
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
GLOWWORM — 1) личинка светляка обыкновенного ( Lampyris noctiluca ) ; pl светляки ( Lampyridae ) 2) личинка грибного комарика Bolitophila luminosa
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
ЛИЧИНКА СВЕТЛЯКА ОБЫКНОВЕННОГО — (Lampyris noctiluca) glowworm
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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