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  1. glowworms: Merriam-Webster
  2. glowworms: Vocabulary.com
  3. glowworms: Wordnik
  4. glowworms: Wiktionary
  5. glowworms: Dictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (glowworm)

noun:  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.
noun:  (Australia, New Zealand) A carnivorous gnat larva in the keroplatid genus Arachnocampa that spins threads to capture insects attracted by its glow.
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