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lampyrid

noun as in lightning bug

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In a 2017 study in the journal Lampyrid, Tyler and his colleagues compiled data from 15 English sites and found sharp falls.

The questions 1 What distinguishes a lampyrid insect?

In only two species—1 Elater and 1 Lampyrid—has the odd chromosome been found in place of the unequal pair.

In the first place, it will undoubtedly serve in many cases to afford light to enable the animal to see by, and in the Lampyrid� it would seem that the degree of luminosity is related to the development of the vision.

In the depths of the shadowy leaves the glow-worms displayed their phosphorescent beauty; the lampyrid beetles plied between gloom and obscurity, impatient for the mirror of night to flaunt therein their illumined finery.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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