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ˈgloʊˌwɜrmglow·worm

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. glowwormnoun

    the luminous larva or wingless grub-like female of a firefly

Wiktionary

  1. glowwormnoun

    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 Glow-worm shews the Matin to be near, And gins to pale his uneffectual fire."

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Glowwormnoun

    A small creeping insect with a luminous tail.

    Etymology: glow and worm.

    The honey bags steal from the humble bees,
    And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighs,
    And light them at the fiery glowworm ’s eyes. William Shakespeare.

    The glowworm shews the mattin to be near,
    And ’gins to pale his uneffectual fire. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

    A great light drowneth a smaller that it cannot be seen; as the sun that of a glowworm. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

    The man, who first upon the ground
    A glowworm spy’d, supposing he had found
    A moving diamond, a breathing stone;
    For life it had, and like those jewels shone:
    He held it dear, ’till by the springing day
    Inform’d, he threw the worthless worm away. Edmund Waller.

Wikipedia

  1. Glowworm

    Glowworm or glow-worm is the common name for various groups of insect larvae and adult larviform females that glow through bioluminescence. They include the European common glow-worm and other members of the Lampyridae, but bioluminescence also occurs in the families Elateridae, Phengodidae and Rhagophthalmidae among beetles; as well as members of the genera Arachnocampa, Keroplatus and Orfelia among keroplatid fungus gnats.

ChatGPT

  1. glowworm

    A glowworm is a small insect, or the larva of certain insects, especially beetles and flies, that emits light from its body due to bioluminescence. This light is produced by a chemical reaction within the insect's body. Glowworms are typically found in dark, damp places such as caves or forests. They use their light to attract prey or mates.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Glowwormnoun

    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

Wikidata

  1. Glowworm

    Glowworm is the common name for various groups of insect larvae and adult larviform females that glow through bioluminescence. They may sometimes resemble worms, but all are insects.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of glowworm in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of glowworm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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