glow-worm
Britishnoun
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a European beetle, Lampyris noctiluca, the females and larvae of which bear luminescent organs producing a greenish light: family Lampyridae
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any of various other beetles or larvae of the family Lampyridae
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Citizen scientists have tracked the UK’s one firefly, the common glow-worm, Lampyris noctiluca, since the 1970s.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2020
The UK glow-worm survey website offers a wealth of information.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2020
Shine, little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer Shine, little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer Lead us lest too far we wander Love’s sweet voice is calling yonder .
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 26, 2018
Down in its depths glimmered like a glow-worm thread the wraith-road from the dead city to the Nameless Pass.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
The common glow-worm is a widespread European and Siberian insect, generally distributed in England and ranging in Scotland northwards to the Tay, but unknown in Ireland.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
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