The larva or wingless grub-like female of a beetle from the families or that gives out a green light from its abdomen.
1604, William Alexander, The Alexandraean Tragedie, Act V, Scene 2, in The Monarchicke Tragedies, London: Ed. Blount, 1607,[https://archive.org/details/monarchicketrage00stir]
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(AU, NZ) A carnivorous gnat larva in the keroplatid genus that spins threads to capture insects attracted by its glow.
: Some things afarre doe like the Glow-worme shine,
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