- lantern fly
- noun Date: circa 1753 any of several large brightly marked homopterous insects (family Fulgoridae) having the front of the head prolonged into a hollow structure
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lantern fly — n. any of various large, brightly colored South American homopteran insects (family Fulgoridae) having a long head with a hollow part formerly thought to emit light * * * … Universalium
lantern fly — n. any of various large, brightly colored South American homopteran insects (family Fulgoridae) having a long head with a hollow part formerly thought to emit light … English World dictionary
lantern fly — noun large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light • Syn: ↑lantern fly • Hypernyms: ↑plant hopper, ↑planthopper • Member Holonyms: ↑Fulgoridae, ↑family Fulgoridae … Useful english dictionary
lantern fly — lanternfly lanternfly, lantern fly lantern fly . (Zo[ o]l.) any one of several species of large, handsome, brightly marked, tropical hemipterous insects of the genera {Laternaria}, {Fulgora}, and allies, of the family {Fulgorid[ae]}. The largest… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lantern-fly — noun large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light • Syn: ↑lantern fly • Hypernyms: ↑plant hopper, ↑planthopper • Member Holonyms: ↑Fulgoridae, ↑family Fulgoridae … Useful english dictionary
lantern fly — noun a brightly coloured tropical bug which typically has a bizarrely shaped head and was formerly thought to be luminescent. [Family Fulgoridae.] … English new terms dictionary
lantern fly — /ˈlæntən flaɪ/ (say lantuhn fluy) noun any of certain tropical homopterous insects of the family Fulgoridae, formerly supposed to emit light …
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