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Noun: lantern fly
  1. Large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light
    - lantern-fly

Derived forms: lantern flies, lantern-flies

Type of: plant hopper, planthopper

Part of: family Fulgoridae, Fulgoridae

Encyclopedia: Lantern fly