Hyphenation of firefly

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word firefly? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

fire-fly

Definitions of firefly:

1.	Tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
2.	Nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs

Synonyms of firefly:

noun	fire beetle, Pyrophorus noctiluca, elaterid beetle, elater, elaterid
noun	lightning bug, beetle

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.