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Meanings of glow-worm in inglés

portugués
pirilampo
español
lucero
catalán
cuca de llum
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A firefly belonging to the Lampyris noctiluca species.

        lucero
        Synonyms
        Examples for "glowworm"
        Examples for "glowworm"
        1
        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
        1
        These are the Lampyridae, to which the fireflies belong.
        The Naturalist in Nicaragua
        2
        The phosphorescent species of Lampyridae, the fireflies, so numerous in tropical America, are equally distasteful, and are also much mimicked by other insects.
        The Naturalist in Nicaragua
        Usage of glow-worm in inglés
        1
        No, no; I've seen many a glow-worm and firefly-nothingof that sort.
        Stories by English Authors: Africa (Selected by Scribners)
        2
        Between those two Scotchmen he appeared like a glow-worm between two thistles.
        What I Remember, Volume 2
        3
        The glow-worm spark in my tinder grew dull and went out.
        The Hidden Children
        4
        The glow-worm was alight here and there, burning out into the great universe.
        Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women
        5
        I have even tried a glow-worm and it sounded like a bee buzzing.
        Guy Garrick
        6
        The glow-worm fight was waning too, but it was still there.
        Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
        7
        The glow-worm light was waning too, but it was still there.
        The Little White Bird; Or, Adventures in Kensington Gardens
        8
        Some one pointed across the moor, to a light, faint as a glow-worm.
        John Halifax, Gentleman
        9
        Nothing like that, sir; a softer light, more like a glow-worm; but much brighter.
        Brood of the Witch-Queen
        10
        An alien glow-worm.... the 2015 Serpentine pavilion illuminated by night.
        The Guardian
        11
        Some animals, as the glow-worm, possess very peculiar phosphorescent qualities.
        A Catechism of Familiar Things; / Their History, and the Events ...
        12
        Or the secret of the glow-worm and firefly-lightwithout heat?
        The Last Harvest
        13
        It is greenish, still and pure, like a glow-worm's beacon.
        Kimono
        14
        Do you remember showing me my first glow-worm at Beauchastel?
        Dynevor Terrace; Or, The Clue of Life — Volume 2
        15
        But this enmity of the Count de Lille vanishes like a glow-worm in the darkness.
        Marie Antoinette and Her Son
        16
        Lance sang out; and the glow-worm waggled a welcome.
        Far to Seek / A Romance of England and India