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firefly Definition

fire·fly (-flī′)

noun pl. -·flies′

any of a family (Lampyridae) of winged beetles, active at night, whose abdomens usually glow with a luminescent light

firefly Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • post: Not even posters on... Tags: film firefly Posted on October 5, 2005 Serenity ticket booked Just booked my ticket for Serenity.
  • watch: Got to go and watch some Firefly, cheer myself up.
  • see: I should say at the start that I've never seen the series Firefly on which the film was based.
  • cancel: Still the animated series was the last of Mutant Enemy's worries when in December 2002 when Fox canceled Firefly.
  • catch: Don't worry if you never caught Firefly - this stands aloft in its own right.
  • call: Mom brought me a Uriah Heep album she acquired from somewhere called Firefly but it is not as good as their earlier stuff.

Adjective modifier

  • good: Still can't get over just how good Firefly was, so have high but achievable hopes for the movie.
  • versatile: Patterns are now online showing how versatile Firefly is for making tops and accessories.
  • funny: You go around freely, with our friends CJ ( a large friendly frog ) and Newton ( a funny firefly ).

Modifies a noun

  • tv: Tags: firefly tv Posted on May 29, 2005 Firefly Review Part 5 - You did what?
  • fan: Firefly fans of MPUK should do a cinema trip or something.
  • book: High Fiber, High Flavor: Delicious Recipes for Good Health by Rosemary Moon, Toronto: Firefly Books, 2000.
  • luciferase: Firefly luciferase ( luc ) activity in a transgenic Arabidopsis plant.
  • gene: Laboratory plants carrying a copy of the gene responsible for this chemical also glow if the switch controlling the firefly gene is turned on.
  • drink: I already want Mark, Christina, Jewel and Morena to sign the bottles of the different types of Firefly drink.

Noun used with modifier

  • film: Not even posters on... Tags: film firefly Posted on October 5, 2005 Serenity ticket booked Just booked my ticket for Serenity.
  • series: I should say at the start that I've never seen the series Firefly on which the film was based.
  • show: In May, Fox picked up the rights to the new Mutant Enemy show Firefly.
  • television: Serenity is a movie based on the television show Firefly both of which are the pet project of Joss Whedon.
  • T: Stretch Mulligan was played with real star character - well on a level with Brutus T Firefly.

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