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Firefly Eg Crossword Clue

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noun

• insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings

• a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing

adjective satellite

• jutting or overhanging

verb

• be suspended over or hang over

• fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle

• beat with a beetle

27%15 Light emitted by firefly larvae
noun

• luminescence produced by physiological processes (as in the firefly)

27%14Firefly's glow
adjective satellite

• (of living organisms) emitting light

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