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glowworm
The larva or wingless grub-like female of a beetle from the families Phengodidae or Lampyridae that gives out a green light from its abdomen.
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The glowworm shows the matin to be near / And βgins to pale his uneffectual fire. / Adieu, adieu, adieu! Remember me.
(Australia, New Zealand) A carnivorous gnat larva in the keroplatid genus Arachnocampa that spins threads to capture insects attracted by its glow.
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