fire beetle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
    firefly; Pyrophorus noctiluca.

WordNet

Fire" bee`tle
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A very brilliantly luminous beetle (Pyrophorus noctilucus), one of the elaters, found in Central and South America; -- called also cucujo. The name is also applied to other species. See Firefly.

Webster 1913