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blackheaded fireworm

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black-head⋅ed fire⋅worm

  [blak-hed-id] .
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–noun
See under fireworm (def. 1).

fire⋅worm

  [fahyuhr-wurm]
–noun
1. the larva of any of several moths, as Rhopobota naevana (black-headed fireworm), which feeds on the leaves of cranberries and causes them to wither.
2. glowworm.
Origin:
1560–70; fire + worm
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