glow worm

[gloh-wurm]

glow·worm

[gloh-wurm]
noun
1.
the wingless female or larva of the European beetle, Lampyris noctiluca, which emits a sustained greenish light.
2.
any of various other beetle larvae or wingless females that emit a glow rather than a flash of light.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English. See glow, worm
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Glow worm is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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glow worm definition


  1. n.
    a drunkard; an alcoholic. (From glow.) : Gary came out of the bar and tripped over a napping glow worm near the entrance to the alley.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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