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
Example Sentences
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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
These are: The morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill and The glow-worm shows the matin to be near, And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire.
From Time in the Play of Hamlet by Vining, Edward P.
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