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firefly

/ˈfaɪ.ɚˌflaɪ/ noun B1
  1. Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight. (US)

Plural fireflies

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One clear star hung over the orchard and the fireflies were flitting over in Lover’s Lane, in and out among the ferns and rustling boughs.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 170 · C1
Anne watched them as she talked and somehow felt that wind and stars and fireflies were all tangled up together into something unutterably sweet and enchanting.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 170 · C1

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