glowworm
About 0.03 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun 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.
- noun A carnivorous gnat larva in the keroplatid genus Arachnocampa that spins threads to capture insects attracted by its glow.
Similar words
glow-worm gloworm common glowworm railroad worm common glow-worm glassworm firefly phengodid basketworm noctiluca
Often followed by
in is and light grotto cave was of had
Word family
glowworms
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