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/fˈaɪəflaɪ/
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[ US /ˈfaɪɝˌfɫaɪ/ ]
[ US /ˈfaɪɝˌfɫaɪ/ ]
NOUN
- tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
- nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs
How To Use firefly In A Sentence
- While Firefly is only just inland, it delivers on the food front. Times, Sunday Times
- Renilla and firefly luciferase genes to create pcDNA3. 1-hODC-IRES. pcDNA3. 1-V5-ZNF9 was constructed by insertion of the PCR-generated full-length open reading frame of human ZNF9 into pENTR and subsequent recombination into pcDNA3. 1/nV5-Dest (Invitrogen) by recombinational cloning (Invitrogen). PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- Analogy: Replacing the catalyzer in an 03-K64 Firefly. What I did during my absence, and how I imagined it
- I also asked that since she's a self-confessed "clotheshorse" (its on her website) if the "Firefly" writers might have used that as an inspiration for the "Shindig" episode where Kaylee wears the fancy dress with the hoop skirt. Transcript of Jewel Staite Q&A at Dreamcon
- Firefly – Joss Whedon gave us a well-written, witty space western with this series populated by an assortment of fully realized characters brought to life by a cast that clicked from the word go. 28 « January « 2010 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy
- One intact wreck is of a Firefly aircraft lost in 1956 after a mid-air collision and found recently in silty water.
- The Griffon was originally developed for naval aircraft like this Fairey Firefly, the torque being intended to take the aircraft away from the superstructure on takeoff, rather than towards it.
- Of all-metal construction, the Firefly F.I was a cantilever low-wing monoplane with an alclad-covered monocoque fuselage.
- The light from the firefly is an example of phosphorescence.
- But now fox1013 has written a beautiful Firefly story, "Consecration". December 5th, 2007