glowworm
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glowworm
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From Middle English glouworm; equivalent to glow + worm. Compare cognate German Glühwurm; compare also firefly, lightning bug, and lanternfly.
noun glowworms · glow-worm
- The larva or wingless grub-like female of a beetle from the families Phengodidae or Lampyridae that gives out a green light from its abdomen. The glowworm shows the matin to be near And ’gins to pale his uneffectual fire. Adieu, adieu, adieu! Remember me.
- A carnivorous gnat larva in the keroplatid genus Arachnocampa that spins threads to capture insects attracted by its glow.
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noun beetle larva or female
| Español | luciérnaga |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | グローワーム gurōwāmu, ツチボタル tsuchibotaru |
| 中文 | 螢火蟲 /萤火虫 yínghuǒchóng |
| Português | vaga-lume |
| Français | ver luisant |
| Deutsch | Glühwürmchen, Leuchtkäfer, Johanniswürmchen, Johanniskäfer |
| Română | licurici |
| Русский | светля́к svetlják, жук-светля́к žuk-svetlják |
| Tiếng Việt | đom đóm |
| العربية | يَرَاع yarāʕ, حَبَاحِب ḥabāḥib |
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