firefly

參見：fire-fly

英語

Fireflies in the woods near Nuremberg

A firefly

其他寫法

• fire-fly

詞源

來自fire +‎ fly。

名詞

firefly (複數 fireflies)

1. (美國北部，Western US，佛羅里達) 螢火蟲
   • 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.

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   • 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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同義詞

• (甲蟲)： lightning bug

衍生詞

• femme fatale firefly

參見

• glowworm