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单词 glowworm
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
glow•worm /ˈgloʊˌwɜrm/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Insectsthe wingless female of a beetle, which gives off a continuing greenish light. Compare firefly.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
glow•worm  (glōwûrm′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Insectsthe wingless female or larva of the European beetle, Lampyris noctiluca, which emits a sustained greenish light.
  2. Insectsany of various other beetle larvae or wingless females that emit a glow rather than a flash of light.
  • Middle English. See glow, worm 1300–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
glow-worm n
  1. a European beetle, Lampyris noctiluca, the females and larvae of which bear luminescent organs producing a greenish light: family Lampyridae
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