fireflyとは意味・読み方・使い方

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From fire +‎ fly, because the insects glow; whence also lightning bug. Compare glow fly, glowworm, and lanternfly.

発音

(Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈfaɪ.əˌflaɪ/
(General American) IPA: /ˈfaɪ.ɚˌflaɪ/

名詞

firefly (plural fireflies)

(Northern US, Western US, Florida) Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.

Synonyms: lightning bug, glow fly
- 2000, Exploring Life Science, 2: Bats—Cave Life, Marshall Cavendish, page 96,
  
  Fireflies are the best-known insects that produce light. […] Many fireflies use their light to communicate, particularly at mating time when males and females have to get together.
- 2004, B. V. David, T. N. Ananthakrishnan, “Chapter 20: Bioluminescence”, in General and Applied Entomology, 2nd edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, page 130:
  
  The luciferins are different in different species and today both the luciferin and luciferase in the firefly are available in the crystalline form.
- 2007, Lars Olof Björn, Helen Ghiradella, “23: Bioluminescence”, in Lars Olof Björn, editor, Photobiology: The Science of Life and Light, 2nd edition, Springer, page 607:
  
  Various other luciferase genes, especially the firefly luciferase gene, are also used for the study of gene regulation. […] The classic use of bioluminescence, however, is the use of a luciferin-luciferase mixture from fireflies as an assay for ATP.


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