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  1. Firefly
    Firefly is a popular name for winged insects possessing luminosity.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Firefly
    The Sherman Firefly was a British tank built from 1943 onwards. It was a modified Sherman M4A4 tank fitted with a British 17 pounder anti-tank gun.
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  3. Firefly
    see 'T-3A'
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  4. firefly
    [n] - tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots 2. [n] - nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Firefly
    British tank destroyer of World War II. Until the Comet appeared it was the only tank in British service capable of taking on the German Tiger and Panther tanks with a...
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  6. Firefly
    Infra-red missile training and verification system [China]
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  7. Firefly
    Fire'fly` noun ; plural Fireflies (Zoology) Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family Lampyridæ . » The common American species belong to the genera Photinus and Photuris , in which both sexes are winged. The name is also applied to luminous species of Elateridæ . See Fire beetle .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/32

  8. firefly
    <entomology> Any luminous winged insect, especially. Luminous beetles of the family Lampyridae. ... The common American species belong to the genera Photinus and Photuris, in which both sexes are winged. The name is also applied to luminous species of Elateridae. See Fire beetle. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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  9. firefly
    Pyrophorus noctiluca noun tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
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  10. firefly
    noun nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs
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  11. Firefly
    `Lampyridae` is a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called `fireflies`, `lightning bugs` or (ambiguously) `glow worms` due to their conspicuous nocturnal (or, more accurately, crepuscular) use of bioluminescence to attract mates or prey. Fireflies are capable of producing a `cold light` containing no ultraviolet or infrared rays, with a wavelength from 510 to 670 nanometers, pale reddish, yellowish or green in c...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly

  12. FireFly
    `FireFly` is the second single by Essex alternative rock band InMe. CD1 #`Firefly` #`Web` #`Miracle` CD2 #`Firefly` #`Miracle` #`UnderDose` (Video)
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  13. Firefly
    • (n.) Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family Lampyridae.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. Firefly
    (from the article `Sherman tank`) ...more survivable. Consequently, it took superior numbers for Anglo-American forces to defeat German armoured formations. The most notable effort to ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/28

  15. firefly
    any of some 2,000 species of beetles (insect order Coleoptera) found in most tropical and temperate regions that have special light-producing organs ... [9 related articles]
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  16. firefly
    firefly or lightning bug,small, luminescent, carnivorous beetle of the family Lampyridae. Fireflies are well represented in temperate regions, although the majority of species are tropical and subtropical. They are nocturnal in their behavior, and males commonly fly about in the evening during early...
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