lantern-fly lantern fly • lantern gear · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · lantern-fly · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 11 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light. Synonyms: lantern fly. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · lantern fly · · Synonym 1 Characters · · - hyphen-minus U+002D a latin small letter a U+0061 e latin small letter e U+0065 f latin small letter f U+0066 l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074 y latin small letter y U+0079