"common glowworm" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: common glowworms [plural]
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  1. A wingless larviform female of the European firefly species, Lampyris noctiluca, which glows in the dark due to bioluminescence. Translations (Lampyris noctiluca): jaanimardikas (Estonian), kiiltomato (Finnish), świetlik świętojański [animate, masculine] (Polish), обыкнове́нный светля́к (obyknovénnyj svetlják) [masculine] (Russian), ива́нов червячо́к (ivánov červjačók) [masculine] (Russian), ива́новский червячо́к (ivánovskij červjačók) [masculine] (Russian), vanlig lysmask [common-gender] (Swedish), stor lysmask [common-gender] (Swedish)

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