HyperDic: lantern-fly

English > 1 sense of the word lantern-fly:
NOUNanimallantern-fly, lantern flylarge brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light
English > lantern-fly: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light.
Synonymlantern fly
Member ofFulgoridae, family Fulgoridaeplant hoppers
Broaderplant hopper, planthopperrelated to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants

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