firewormn.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪəwəːm/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌwərm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., worm n.

Etymology: < fire n. + worm n. Compare Middle Low German vǖrworm.Compare the following apparently earlier instance of fyre worme (in sense 1), which is probably a typographical error (the 1539 text has fyrie worme, as does Coverdale's 1535 translation; compare also fiery flying serpent in the 1611 King James Version):1540 Bible (Great) Isa. xiv. G Out of the serpentes rote, there shal come an adder, & his frute shalbe a fyre worme [1539 fyrie worme].

†1. A (mythical) insect or animal living in or associated with fire. Cf. pyrausta n. Obsolete.

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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > that lives in fire

salamander1340

pyralis1566

pyrausta1566

fireworm1567

firefly1598

miller fowl1598

Vulcanal1657

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Lampyridae > member of (fire-fly)

fireworm1567

firefly1655

salamander-fly1668

lightning bug1778

firebug1789

glow-fly1789

lampyrine1842

lightning beetle1854

Photuris1858

meadow-fly1867

lampyrid1895

peeny-wally1961

fireworm1567

cucuy1605

salamander-fly1668

lightning bug1778

firebug1789

glow-fly1789

fire beetle1826

lightning beetle1854

meadow-fly1867

pyrophore1884

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 111 Another which is called the fier Worme, & semeth as it were to be a kinde of Spider: which flyeth by night to the candlelight or flame of the fier.

1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. viii. 61 There be many Creatures of most cold nature, as the Salamandet [read Salamander], the Fyer worme.., [etc.] wherof some be of nature so extreeme colde and chillinge, that if they touch fyer, they streightwayes quenche it, as it were yce.

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) ii. xl. 1127 I think their generation as admirable, as of the fire Worms; yet living Creatures are more easily bred in snow, than in fire.

2. Chiefly poetic. A firefly, a glow-worm. rare.

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glow-wormc1320

gold worm?c1475

glowbard?a1500

silver-worm?a1500

glose-worm1519

glass-worm1552

glaze-worm1578

glare-worm1607

night-worm1774

glow-bug1781

fireworm1821

glow-beetle1860

1821 Ld. Byron Cain ii. i, in Sardanapalus 379 I have seen the fire-flies and fire-worms Sprinkle the dusky groves and the green banks ln the dim twilight.

a1943 G. D. Shah Broken Links (1969) 44 There the fire-worm makes its circling flight, And sends through the struggling woods a spark of light.

1987 Iowa Rev. 17 126 He moved outside to study with the cicadas and the ‘fireworms with their greenish lanterns’.

3. U.S. The larva of any of several small moths of the superfamily Tortricoidea which are pests of the cranberry and other cultivated plants; esp. (more fully black-headed fireworm) the widespread Rhopobota naevana (also called holly tortrix). Also: the moth itself.So called because plants on which the larvae have fed may appear blackened as if by fire.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Tortricidae > member of genus Tortrix

nettle1819

nettle-tap1819

fireworm1869

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Tortricidae > member of > larva or fire worm

fireworm1869

1869 A. S. Packard Guide to Study of Insects 339 These larvæ [are] called the Cranberry-vine worms... They, if very numerous, almost wholly destroy the leaves and tender shoots, giving the whole bog a dark dry appearance as though a fire had been over it. This is why they are in some places known as ‘fire-worms’.

1919 Bull. Mass. Agric. Exper. Station No. 192. 131 These conclusions are of special interest in relation to the recent developments in the control of the black-head fireworm.

1954 D. J. Borror & D. M. DeLong Introd. Study Insects xxvi. 531 The cranberry black-headed fire-worm, Rhopobota naevana Hübner, is a serious pest of cranberry plantings in the Eastern states.

2005 J. E. Girard Princ. Envir. Chem. xvi. 492 3M sells sprayable pheromones for the control of many insects that infest fruit trees: the grape berry moth, black-headed fireworm, sparganothis fruitworm, [etc.].

a. Any of various predatory bristle worms (polychaetes) of the family Amphinomidae, having stinging bristles that can cause severe inflammation; esp. (more fully bearded fireworm) Hermodice carunculata of the tropical Atlantic, Caribbean, and Mediterranean.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Chaetopoda > member of

bristle-worm1908

fireworm1953

1953 Amer. Naturalist 87 396 Some young specimens of the fire worm, Amphinome rostrata, that I collected in the Bahamas showed an increase from 21 segments.

1977 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 279 333 The amphinomid fire worms Eurythoe complanata and Pherecardia striata.

2007 L. Wood Dive Cayman Islands (ed. 5) 157/1 The bearded fireworm (Hermodice carunculata) is another animal to look out for. It can grow to 15cm (6in) and is particularly exotic.

b. Any of several bristle worms (polychaetes) of the genus Odontosyllis (family Syllidae), which become bioluminescent during the mating period; esp. (more fully Bermuda fireworm) O. enopla of the tropical west Atlantic.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Chaetopoda > order Polychaeta > suborder Nereidiformia > family Syllidae > member of

syllidian1888

heterosyllis1896

syllid1910

fireworm1957

1957 Amer. Naturalist 91 170 Potts (1913) and Fraser (1915) described the breeding rhythmicity of the ‘Fire-worm’, Odontosyllis phosphorea.

1984 Biol. Bull. 166 260 The visual system of Odontosyllis enopla Verril, of the family syllidae, known as the ‘fireworm’ of Bermuda, was of interest to us.

2002 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Tech. (ed. 9) III. 65/1 Other annelids include the Syllidae, such as the Bermuda fireworm, and the polynoid worms.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fireworm
释义	firewormn. Brit. /ˈfʌɪəwəːm/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌwərm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., worm n. Etymology: < fire n. + worm n. Compare Middle Low German vǖrworm.Compare the following apparently earlier instance of fyre worme (in sense 1), which is probably a typographical error (the 1539 text has fyrie worme, as does Coverdale's 1535 translation; compare also fiery flying serpent in the 1611 King James Version):1540 Bible (Great) Isa. xiv. G Out of the serpentes rote, there shal come an adder, & his frute shalbe a fyre worme [1539 fyrie worme]. †1. A (mythical) insect or animal living in or associated with fire. Cf. pyrausta n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > that lives in fire salamander1340 pyralis1566 pyrausta1566 fireworm1567 firefly1598 miller fowl1598 Vulcanal1657 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Lampyridae > member of (fire-fly) fireworm1567 firefly1655 salamander-fly1668 lightning bug1778 firebug1789 glow-fly1789 lampyrine1842 lightning beetle1854 Photuris1858 meadow-fly1867 lampyrid1895 peeny-wally1961 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Elateridae > elaterid fire-fly fireworm1567 cucuy1605 salamander-fly1668 lightning bug1778 firebug1789 glow-fly1789 fire beetle1826 lightning beetle1854 meadow-fly1867 pyrophore1884 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 111 Another which is called the fier Worme, & semeth as it were to be a kinde of Spider: which flyeth by night to the candlelight or flame of the fier. 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. viii. 61 There be many Creatures of most cold nature, as the Salamandet [read Salamander], the Fyer worme.., [etc.] wherof some be of nature so extreeme colde and chillinge, that if they touch fyer, they streightwayes quenche it, as it were yce. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) ii. xl. 1127 I think their generation as admirable, as of the fire Worms; yet living Creatures are more easily bred in snow, than in fire. 2. Chiefly poetic. A firefly, a glow-worm. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Lampyridae > lampyris noctiluca (glow-worm) glow-wormc1320 gold worm?c1475 glowbard?a1500 silver-worm?a1500 glose-worm1519 glass-worm1552 glaze-worm1578 glare-worm1607 night-worm1774 glow-bug1781 fireworm1821 glow-beetle1860 1821 Ld. Byron Cain ii. i, in Sardanapalus 379 I have seen the fire-flies and fire-worms Sprinkle the dusky groves and the green banks ln the dim twilight. a1943 G. D. Shah Broken Links (1969) 44 There the fire-worm makes its circling flight, And sends through the struggling woods a spark of light. 1987 Iowa Rev. 17 126 He moved outside to study with the cicadas and the ‘fireworms with their greenish lanterns’. 3. U.S. The larva of any of several small moths of the superfamily Tortricoidea which are pests of the cranberry and other cultivated plants; esp. (more fully black-headed fireworm) the widespread Rhopobota naevana (also called holly tortrix). Also: the moth itself.So called because plants on which the larvae have fed may appear blackened as if by fire. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Tortricidae > member of genus Tortrix nettle1819 nettle-tap1819 fireworm1869 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Tortricidae > member of > larva or fire worm fireworm1869 1869 A. S. Packard Guide to Study of Insects 339 These larvæ [are] called the Cranberry-vine worms... They, if very numerous, almost wholly destroy the leaves and tender shoots, giving the whole bog a dark dry appearance as though a fire had been over it. This is why they are in some places known as ‘fire-worms’. 1919 Bull. Mass. Agric. Exper. Station No. 192. 131 These conclusions are of special interest in relation to the recent developments in the control of the black-head fireworm. 1954 D. J. Borror & D. M. DeLong Introd. Study Insects xxvi. 531 The cranberry black-headed fire-worm, Rhopobota naevana Hübner, is a serious pest of cranberry plantings in the Eastern states. 2005 J. E. Girard Princ. Envir. Chem. xvi. 492 3M sells sprayable pheromones for the control of many insects that infest fruit trees: the grape berry moth, black-headed fireworm, sparganothis fruitworm, [etc.]. 4. a. Any of various predatory bristle worms (polychaetes) of the family Amphinomidae, having stinging bristles that can cause severe inflammation; esp. (more fully bearded fireworm) Hermodice carunculata of the tropical Atlantic, Caribbean, and Mediterranean. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Chaetopoda > member of bristle-worm1908 fireworm1953 1953 Amer. Naturalist 87 396 Some young specimens of the fire worm, Amphinome rostrata, that I collected in the Bahamas showed an increase from 21 segments. 1977 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 279 333 The amphinomid fire worms Eurythoe complanata and Pherecardia striata. 2007 L. Wood Dive Cayman Islands (ed. 5) 157/1 The bearded fireworm (Hermodice carunculata) is another animal to look out for. It can grow to 15cm (6in) and is particularly exotic. b. Any of several bristle worms (polychaetes) of the genus Odontosyllis (family Syllidae), which become bioluminescent during the mating period; esp. (more fully Bermuda fireworm) O. enopla of the tropical west Atlantic. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Chaetopoda > order Polychaeta > suborder Nereidiformia > family Syllidae > member of syllidian1888 heterosyllis1896 syllid1910 fireworm1957 1957 Amer. Naturalist 91 170 Potts (1913) and Fraser (1915) described the breeding rhythmicity of the ‘Fire-worm’, Odontosyllis phosphorea. 1984 Biol. Bull. 166 260 The visual system of Odontosyllis enopla Verril, of the family syllidae, known as the ‘fireworm’ of Bermuda, was of interest to us. 2002 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Tech. (ed. 9) III. 65/1 Other annelids include the Syllidae, such as the Bermuda fireworm, and the polynoid worms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1567
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