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glow·worm
/
ˈgloʊˌwɜrm
/
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[
gloh
-wurm
]
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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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glowworm
noun
the luminous larva or wingless grub-like female of a firefly
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