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Fiji, the luminous Elateridae are unknown in the eastern hemisphere. The light proceeds from a pair of conspicuous smooth ovoid spots on the pronotum and from an See also:

AREA

area beneath the See also:

BASE

base of the See also:

ABDOMEN (a Latin word, either from abdere, to hide, or from a form adipomen, from adeps, fat)

abdomen. Beneath the cuticle of these regions are situated the luminous See also:

ORGANS

organs, consisting of layers of cells which may be regarded as a specialized portion of the419 See also:

FAT (O.E. fdett; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vet, Ger. Fett, &c., and may be ultimately related to Greek Irian, and =apos, and Sanskrit pivan)

fat-See also:

BODY

body. Both the male and See also:

FEMALE

female fireflies emit light, as well as their larvae and eggs, the See also:

egg being luminous even while still in the ovary. The inhabitants of tropical America some-times keep fireflies in small cages for purposes of See also:

ILLUMINATION

illumination, or make use of the insects for See also:

PERSONAL

personal adornment. The name " firefly " is often applied also to luminous beetles of the family Lampyridae, to which the well-known glow-See also:

WORM

worm belongs. See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

FIRE-IRONS, the implements for tending a fire. Usually they consist of See also:

POKER

poker, See also:

TONGS (O. Eng. Lange, M. Eng. tonge, cf. Du. tang, Ger. Zange, from base tang, to bite, cf. Gr. SaKVeiv)

tongs and See also:

shovel, and they are most frequently of See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron, See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel, or See also:

brass, or partly of one and partly of another.

The more elegant brass examples of the See also:

early See also:

PART

part of the loth See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century are much sought after for use with the brass fenders of that date. They were sometimes hung from an ornamental brass stand. The fire-irons of our own times are smaller in See also:

SIZE

size and lighter in make than those of the best See also:

period.

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