glowworm
/gloh-wurm/US // ˈgloʊˌwɜrm //
萤火虫,萤光虫,荧光虫,辉光虫
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n.名词 noun
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- : the wingless female or larva of the European beetle, Lampyris noctiluca, which emits a sustained greenish light.
- : any of various other beetle larvae or wingless females that emit a glow rather than a flash of light.
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Examples
A glowworm is not discerned in the sunshine, though it glister in the dark.
Every body probably knows, that the male glowworm is a winged, erratic animal, yet may not have seen him.
Should the sun beg from the glowworm, and should the momentary spark excite the envy of the source of light?
She looked down the dusky lanes, where glowworm lanterns began to bob and wink.
With a slim rubber band he fastened a match across the double barrels at the front sight and beneath this placed a glowworm.
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