'Cucujo' definitions:

Definition of 'Cucujo'

From: GCIDE
  • Cucujo \Cu*cu"jo\ (k??-k??"h?), n. [Native name.] (Zool.) The fire beetle of Mexico and the West Indies. [1913 Webster] Cucullate

Definition of 'cucujo'

From: GCIDE
  • Fire beetle \Fire" bee`tle\ (Zool.) A very brilliantly luminous beetle (Pyrophorus noctilucus), one of the elaters, found in Central and South America; -- called also cucujo. The name is also applied to other species. See Firefly. [1913 Webster]