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单词 glow-worm
释义

glow-worm

/ˈɡləʊwəːm /
noun
A soft-bodied beetle with luminescent organs in the abdomen, especially the larvalike wingless female which emits light to attract the flying male.
  • Families Lampyridae (in particular the European Lampyris noctiluca) and Phengodidae (in particular the American Zarhipis integripennis).
While some locals have ascribed the lights to UFOs, others blamed swarms of fireflies or even glow-worms....
  • That night, after dark, we descended to a cutaway in a hillside where we could view the tiny lights of glow-worms, a first for all of us.
  • The best way to explore them and see the unique blue light of the glow-worms clinging to them is on a black-water rafting trip.
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