lantern-fly

1. 1.

   large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light

   Synonymslantern fly

   Broaderplant hopper

   Part ofFulgoridae

Questions about lantern-fly

What does lantern-fly mean?

lantern-fly means "large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light".

How many syllables are in lantern-fly?

lantern-fly has 3 syllables: lan-tern--fly. The stress falls on "lan".

What is another word for lantern-fly?

Close synonyms include lantern fly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lantern-fly a common word?

lantern-fly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.