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common glowworms

common glowworms is the plural of common glowworm.

Meaning of common glowworm

Noun

common glowworm (plural common glowworms)

  1. A wingless larviform female of the European firefly species, Lampyris noctiluca, which glows in the dark due to bioluminescence.

Questions about common glowworms

What is common glowworms the plural of?
Common glowworms is the plural of common glowworm.

Words near common glowworms in the dictionary

  1. common glider
  2. common gliders
  3. common glow-worm
  4. common glow-worms
  5. common glowworm
  6. common glowworms
  7. common goldeneye
  8. common goldeneyes
  9. common good
  10. common goods
  11. common grackle

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