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lightning bug

  • 1 lucciola

    f glowworm
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    lucciola s.f.
    1 (zool.) (Lamprys noctiluca) firefly; glow-worm; (amer.) lightning bug // mostrare lucciole per lanterne, to make believe that the moon is made of green cheese; prendere lucciole per lanterne, to make a blunder
    2 (bot.) erba lucciola, (Ophioglossum vulgare) adder's tongue
    3 (maschera di cinema, teatro) usherette
    4 (prostituta) prostitute, streetwalker.
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    ['luttʃola]
    sostantivo femminile zool. firefly, glowworm
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    prendere -e per lanterneto have o get hold of the wrong end of the stick

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    lucciola
    /'lutt∫ola/
    sostantivo f.
    zool. firefly, glowworm
    \
    prendere -e per lanterne to have o get hold of the wrong end of the stick.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > lucciola

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  • Lightning Bug — can refer to:* A term for fireflies, particularly North American Photinus , Photuris and Pyractomena * Lightning Bug (film), a 2004 horror film by writer/director Robert Hall * Ryan Model 147 Lightning Bug, an unmanned aerial vehicle …   Wikipedia

  • lightning bug — lightning bugs N COUNT A lightning bug is a type of beetle that produces light from its body. [AM] Syn: firefly …   English dictionary

  • lightning bug — ☆ lightning bug or lightning beetle n. FIREFLY …   English World dictionary

  • lightning bug — n AmE an insect with a tail that shines in the dark = ↑firefly …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • lightning bug — lightning ,bug noun count AMERICAN a FIREFLY …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • lightning bug — noun nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs • Syn: ↑firefly • Hypernyms: ↑beetle • Hyponyms: ↑glowworm • Member Holonyms: ↑Lampyridae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lightning Bug (film) — Infobox Film name = Lightning Bug image size = caption = director = Robert Hall producer = Lisa Waugh writer = Robert Hall narrator = starring = Bret Harrison Laura Prepon Kevin Gage Ashley Laurence music = Jason Hall cinematography = Brandon… …   Wikipedia

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  • lightning bug — light′ning bug n. ent firefly • Etymology: 1770–80, amer …   From formal English to slang

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