2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: lanternfly \lanternfly\, lantern fly \lantern fly\n. (Zool.) any one of several species of large, handsome, brightly marked, tropical hemipterous insects of the genera {Laternaria}, {Fulgora}, and allies, of the family {Fulgorid[ae]}. The largest species is {Laternaria phosphorea} of Brazil. The head has a snoutlike process in some species which was formerly thought to emit a phosphorescent light. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: lantern-fly n : large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light [syn: {lantern fly}]
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