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glow worm

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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; ME. See glow, worm
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