glow fly

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glow fly

noun glow flies

The firefly. So shines the glow-fly, when the sun retires, / And gems the night-air with phosphoric fires […].
Similar: lightning beetle, glowworm

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@misc{glow_fly_2026,
  title = {glow fly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glow%20fly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}