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