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lanternfly
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lanternfly, n.
any one of several species of large, handsome, brightly marked, tropical hemipterous insects of the genera Laternaria , Fulgora , and allies, of the family Fulgoridæ . The largest species is Laternaria phosphorea of Brazil. The head has a snoutlike process in some species which was formerly thought to emit a phosphorescent light. [WordNet 1.5]
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