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Definition of "glowworm" [glow•worm]

  • 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. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "glowworm" in a sentence
  • "Your poetical pieces will do very well but the glowworm will remain at the top unless you can ever beat it."
  • "Outside the walls, a human glowworm passed to and fro, this being the blur of pedestrian traffic."
  • "Once something like a foot-long glowworm crawled out of the shallows to dance and writhe near his feet."
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