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Meanings of glowworm in English

A firefly belonging to the Lampyris noctiluca species.

Usage of glowworm in English
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Cap's cigarette shone like a glowworm in the shadow of the stack.
Stanford Stories: Tales of a Young University
2
It formed a queer spectacle, a glowworm creeping up on a bonfire.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock
3
But a glowworm that lived in the cave made it all too bright.
The City and the World and Other Stories
4
The light at the nape of his neck made a glowworm of him.
The Cloister and the Hearth
5
It was no good-like trying to write by the light of a glowworm.
I capture the castle
6
The facets of the crystals crawled with intense glowworm stars, drawing luminous threads behind.
Halo Primordium
7
He saw the grass-lined pit, the pulsing glowworm, the hard-packed mica, the captive cricket.
Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?
8
Herger said: Tonight, the glowworm dragon will attack again.
Eaters of the Dead
9
Here and there a spark fell upon the path before him, looking like a glowworm.
Dame Care
10
He said to me, "The glowworm dragon, which swoops down through the air."
Eaters of the Dead
11
It wavered in patches, it seemed to stir and creep like the light of a glowworm.
Youth, a Narrative
12
I threw it over to the burial-ground: and that soft Jenkins took it for a glowworm.
The Channings: A Story
13
The glowworm is also frequently seen, even as late as September, on mild, warm, dewy nights.
The Backwoods of Canada / Being Letters from the Wife of an Emig...
14
And knew the glowworm by his spark:
The Illustrated London Reading Book
15
It was assisted by two glowworm lamps, that, in little marble reservoirs, stood on the opposite chimney-piece.
The Friendships of Women
16
I thought I saw a glowworm, and I stopped to look; but I couldn't see it again.
The Channings: A Story
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