Glow-worm
21worm — worm1 [wə:m US wə:rm] n [: Old English; Origin: wyrm snake, worm ] 1.) a long thin creature with no bones and no legs that lives in soil →↑earthworm, ↑lugworm 2.) the young form of an insect, which looks like a short worm →↑glow worm …
22glow — v. & n. v.intr. 1 a throw out light and heat without flame; be incandescent. b shine like something heated in this way. 2 (of the cheeks) redden, esp. from cold or exercise. 3 (often foll. by with) a (of the body) be heated, esp. from exertion;… …
23common glow-worm — noun A European firefly species, Lampyris noctiluca …
24gloe-worm — obs. form of glow worm …
25glass-worm — n. See glow worm …
26Railroad worm — Taxobox name = Railroad worm regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera familia = Phengodidae genus = Phrixothrix genus authority = Olivier, 1909 subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = several A railroad worm is… …
27Glo Worm — This article is about the 1980 s toy series. See Glowworm for the insect larvae. Glo Worm was a stuffed toy for young children, designed by Hasbro s Playskool division, and made in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Introduced in 1982, the plush body… …
28glowworm — glow|worm [ glou,wɜrm ] noun count a small insect without wings that produces light from its body at night …
29glowworm — glow•worm [[t]ˈgloʊˌwɜrm[/t]] n. ent the larva or wingless female of a beetle, Lampyris noctiluca, which emits a sustained greenish light Compare firefly • Etymology: 1300–50 …
30Glowworm — otherusesGlowworm (or glow worm) is the common name for various different groups of insect larva and adult larviform females which glow through bioluminescence. They may sometimes resemble worms, but all are insects ( Arachnocampa being a fly and …
