Definition of pyrophorusses Pyrophorusses
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What does pyrophorusses mean?
Part of speech
🔤- pyrophorusses, noun, plural of pyrophorus.
WordNet
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| pyrophorus - tropical click beetles | ||
| genus Pyrophorus | ||
| arthropod genus a genus of arthropods | ||
| elateridae, family elateridae click beetles and certain fireflies | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pyrophorus (n.)
Any one of several substances or mixtures which phosphoresce or ignite spontaneously on exposure to air, as a heated mixture of alum, potash, and charcoal, or a mixture of charcoal and finely divided lead.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pyrophorus
pī-rof′ō-rus, n. a substance which takes fire on exposure to air: a genus of elaterid beetles.—n. Py′rophōre, any composition which takes fire on exposure to air or water.—adjs. Pyrophor′ic, Pyroph′orous. [Gr. pyr, fire, pherein, to carry.]
Part of speech
🔤- pyrophorus, noun, singular of pyrophoruses / pyrophorusses.
