单词 | fireworm |
释义 | fireworm in British English (ˈfaɪəˌwɜːm) noun any of several varieties of segmented marine-dwelling worm of the genus Polychaeta, commonly red or orange in colour, with bristles which produce a highly irritating toxin fireworm in American English (ˈfaiᵊrˌwɜːrm) noun 1. the larva of any of several moths, as Rhopobota naevana (black-headed fireworm), which feeds on the leaves of cranberries and causes them to wither 2. glowworm Word origin [1560–70; fire + worm]This word is first recorded in the period 1560–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clinch, cylinder, radial, sector, segment |
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