Usually means: Bioluminescent larvae emitting soft light.
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  1. glow-worm, glow-worm: Collins English Dictionary
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  3. glow-worm: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. glow-worm: Wiktionary
  5. The Glow-Worm: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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noun:  Alternative spelling of glowworm [The larva or wingless grub-like female of a beetle from the families Phengodidae or Lampyridae that gives out a green light from its abdomen.]

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