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 Definitions of glowworm  [ˈgloʊˌwɜrm]  

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Definition of 'glowworm' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) glowworm
the larva or wingless female of a beetle, Lampyris noctiluca, which emits a sustained greenish light.

Etymology:  (1300–50)

Definition of 'glowworm' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) glowworm
the luminous larva or wingless grub-like female of a firefly


Definition of 'glowworm' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) glowworm
a coleopterous insect of the genus Lampyris; esp., the wingless females and larvae of the two European species (L. noctiluca, and L. splendidula), which emit light from some of the abdominal segments



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