glow-worm

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
glow-worm

▶noun a soft-bodied beetle whose larva-like wingless female emits light to attract males. [Lampyris noctiluca (Europe), Zarhipis integripennis (N. America), and other species.]

'glow-worm' also found in these Oxford entries:

firefly - lucerne

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