glowworm
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- noun Any of various luminous female beetles or beetle larvae of the families Phengodidae and Lampyridae, especially the larva or wingless grublike female of a firefly.
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- He had murdered poor Thirle, stout and affable and trusting, simply because he was in the way. — The Silicon Mage
- She sensed a shifting somewhere in it, not far off, and remembered that there were abominations about, drawn to the smell of blood. — The Silicon Mage
- He felt tingly as a glowworm, and all the tiny hairs on his body were standing straight up. — In Other Worlds
- He had advanced to the door of the workshop, and was peering curiously within, into a cavern dimly lit by the little glowworm lamp, still burning on the lid of the chest. — The Heretic's Apprentice
- "Might be a kind of glowworm," said Jack. — The Valley of Adventure
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/ (glōˈwûrmˌ)/
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