Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Linnean genus of hemipterous insects of the family Fulgoridæ; the lantern-flies. See cut under
lantern-fly .
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a lantern: it is called the lantern-fly (Fulgora laternaria).
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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