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Syllable division and stress derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
lantern-fly is a noun meaning "large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light". It carries one recorded sense.
large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for lantern-fly come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.