lanthorn-fly
English
Etymology
From
lanthorn
+
fly
.
Noun
lanthorn
-
fly
(
plural
lanthorn-flies
)
(
archaic
)
A
firefly
1734
,
William Stukeley
,
Of the Gout
, page
50
:
Glow-worms,
lanthorn-flys
may be call'd a living
phosphorous