Glowworm

Alternative forms

• glow-worm

Origin

From glow + worm.

Full definition of glowworm

Noun

1. The larva or wingless grub-like female of a beetle from the families or Lampyridae that gives out a green light from its abdomen.
• 1623, William Shakespeare, , Act1, Scene 5, 1794, Edmond Malone, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Alexander Pope (editors), The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare, Volume 14, page 222,The glow-worm Å¿hews the Matin to be near,
  And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire:
  Adieu, adieu, adieu! remember me.