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萤火虫

yíng huǒ chóng

3-character word Traditional 螢火蟲

What 萤火虫 means

1. firefly
2. glowworm
3. lightning bug

The characters in 萤火虫

• 萤yíngfirefly; glow-worm
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition
• 虫chónglower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures…

Example sentences

• 是只萤火虫。
  It's a firefly.
• 美国自然历史博物馆的「光之生物」展览展出了发绿色光的水母、额头上提着灯笼的琵琶鱼，以及在洞穴顶棚上悬挂粘液状细丝，用来诱捕猎物的萤火虫。
  The American Museum of Natural History’s “Creatures of Light” exhibit features jellyfish that glow green, anglerfish whose lantern-like bulbs dangle from their foreheads and luminous glowworms that hang mucus-like strands from cave ceilings to attract and ensnare their prey.