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As nouns the difference between firefly and cricket

is that firefly is any beetle of the family lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight while cricket is .

firefly

English

(wikipedia firefly) (Lampyridae)

Noun

  • Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.
  • * 2000 , Exploring Life Science , 2: Bats—Cave Life, Marshall Cavendish, page 96,
    • Fireflies' are the best-known insects that produce light.Many ' fireflies use their light to communicate, particularly at mating time when males and females have to get together.
  • * 2004 , B. V. David, T. N. Ananthakrishnan, Chapter 20: Bioluminescence'', ''General and Applied Entomology , Tata McGraw-Hill, 2nd Edition, page 130,
    • The luciferins are different in different species and today both the luciferin and luciferase in the firefly are available in the crystalline form.
  • * 2007 , Lars Olof Björn, Helen Ghiradella, 23: Bioluminescence'', Lars Olof Björn (editor), ''Photobiology: The Science of Life and Light , Springer, 2nd Edition, page 607,
    • Various other luciferase genes, especially the firefly' luciferase gene, are also used for the study of gene regulation.The classic use of bioluminescence, however, is the use of a luciferin-luciferase mixture from ' fireflies as an assay for ATP.

    Synonyms

    * (beetle) lightning bug

    See also

    * glowworm

    cricket

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) criquet, from .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family , that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
  • A wooden footstool.
  • A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions
  • A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint or other projection.
  • (US slang, in the plural) Absolute silence; no communication. See crickets.
    • Derived terms
    * balm cricket * chirpy as a cricket * cricket bird * cricket frog * house cricket * mole cricket * Mormon cricket * true cricket

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps from a Flemish dialect of Dutch 'to ricochet' , i.e. "to chase a ball with a crook".[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7919429.stm]

    Noun

    (-)
  • (sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
  • (chiefly, British) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport.
    • ''That player's foul wasn't cricket !
    Usage notes
    The sense "An act that is fair and sportsmanlike" is always used in negative constructions and is not restricted to sports usage. * (An act that is unfair or unsportsmanlike) not cricket
    See also
    *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To play the game of cricket.