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glowworms

glowworms is the plural of glowworm.

Meaning of glowworm

Noun

glowworm (plural glowworms)

  1. 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 glowworm shows the matin to be near
      And ’gins to pale his uneffectual fire.
      Adieu, adieu, adieu! Remember me.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  2. (Australia, New Zealand) A carnivorous gnat larva in the keroplatid genus Arachnocampa that spins threads to capture insects attracted by its glow.

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Questions about glowworms

What is glowworms the plural of?
Glowworms is the plural of glowworm.

Words near glowworms in the dictionary

  1. glowstones
  2. glowup
  3. glowups
  4. glowvine
  5. glowworm
  6. glowworms
  7. glowy
  8. gloxazone
  9. gloximonam
  10. gloxinia
  11. gloxinias

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