glow-worm

See also: glowworm

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Noun

glow-worm (plural glow-worms)

1. Alternative spelling of glowworm.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 57–58:

     One device obtained great admiration: small lights were scattered on the ground, in some of the winding paths of turf, to emulate glow-worms.