" lantern "

[Noun]  | "lan*tern" | \ ˈlan-tərn \

1: a usually portable protective case for a light with transparent openings

2: lighthouse

3: the chamber in a lighthouse containing the light

Origin: 13th century ;

 Middle English lanterne, from Anglo-French, from Latin lanterna, from Greek lamptēr, from lampein to shine {mat|lamp|};

[Noun]  | "lantern fish" 

1: any of a family (Myctophidae) of small deep-sea bony fishes that have a large mouth, large eyes, and usually numerous photophores

Origin: circa 1753 ;

[Noun]  | "lantern jaw" 

1: an undershot jaw

Origin: 1711 ;

[Noun]  | "Chinese lantern" 

1: a collapsible translucent covering for a light

Origin: 1798 ;

[Noun]  | "dark lantern" 

1: a lantern that can be closed to conceal the light

Origin: 1612 ;

[Noun]  | "friar's lantern" 

1: ignis fatuus

Origin: 1645 ;

[Noun]  | "jack-o'-lan*tern" | \ ˈja-kə-ˌlan-tərn \

1: a lantern made of a pumpkin usually cut to resemble a human face

2: any of several large orangish gill fungi (genus Omphalotus) that are poisonous and luminescent

3: ignis fatuus

Origin: 1667 ;

[Noun]  | "magic lantern" 

1: an early form of optical projector of still pictures using a transparent slide

Origin: 1696 ;

[Noun]  | "lan*tern*fly" | \ ˈlan-tərn-ˌflī \

1: any of several large brightly marked winged hemipteran insects (family Fulgoridae) that often resemble moths or small butterflies and usually possess an elongated hollow projection on the head; especially : spotted lanternfly

Origin: circa 1753 ;

[Noun]  | "spotted lanternfly" 

1: a hemipteran insect (Lycorma delicatula) of Asia and especially China that has grayish-brown forewings with black spots and red hind wings with black spots and that has been introduced to the United States where it is considered an invasive species and agricultural pest

Origin: 2014 ;

[Noun]  | "lantern" 

[Noun]  | "dark lantern"