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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The UK glow-worm survey website offers a wealth of information.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2020
Citizen scientists have tracked the UK’s one firefly, the common glow-worm, Lampyris noctiluca, since the 1970s.
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 purpose of the luminosity in the female glow-worm is likewise not understood; for it is very doubtful whether the primary use of the light is to guide the male to the female.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Charles Darwin
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