The butterfly is a winged caterpillar. The beetle covers its wings with cases. The glowworm shines at night.
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Glowworm
Synonyms for "glowworm" (38 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Noun(2 words)
female glowwormfireflies
Strong matches (11)
Noun(2 words)
firefly larvalampyrid larva
Related words (19)
lantern flylightning bugluciferaseluciferinluminophorphosphorscintillascintillationshimmershimmeringspanglesparksparklestroboscopic lighttinseltwinkletwinkling
Noun(2 words)
larviform femaleluminescent larva
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4 entriesLampyris noctiluca femalefirefly larvalampyrid femalelampyrid larva
Collocations
6 entriesbioluminescent larvafirefly larvaglowworm beetleglowworm larvalampyrid larvalarviform female
Inflections
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2 entriesSample sentences
8 total sentences available.
She had a long way to go, for the Fire-King held his court in the very centre of the earth, and she might have lost herself in the dark passages had not the glowworm lent her his lamp.
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The glowworm shows the matin to be near And ’gins to pale his uneffectual fire. Adieu, adieu, adieu! Remember me.
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1604, William Alexander, The Alexandraean Tragedie, Act V, Scene 2, in The Monarchicke Tragedies, London: Ed. Blount, 1607, Some things afarre doe like the Glow-worme shine, That lookt to neere haue of that light no signe.
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