Glowworms

Word GLOWWORMS
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Definitions and meanings of "Glowworms"

What do we mean by glowworms?

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.

A carnivorous gnat larva in the keroplatid genus Arachnocampa that spins threads to capture insects attracted by its glow.

When a person places one or more glow sticks in their arse, often for sexual pleasure or drunken amusement, in the dark. Often used as part of dogging / voyeurism / public sex to help guide would be suitors / voyeurs. Also known as a firefly or beacon. Urban Dictionary

A loser who fails at life. Urban Dictionary

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The word "glowworms" in example sentences

Turning out the lamp the light was again visible, and after much thought I concluded that it was similar to the light given by the little creatures called glowworms, and which in its turn somewhat resembles the light that can be seen at times in a pile of decaying fish. ❋ Unknown (1867)

The glowworms in the machine room reacted, green light spilling from the walls. ❋ Mr. Scott Westerfeld (2010)

The multitude of windows and entrances glowed, sending twisted corkscrews of brightness down into the water, trailing away like glowworms into the hills. ❋ George R. R. Martin (2010)

They were shrouded in darkness, the glowworms reduced to a few green squiggles on the walls. ❋ Mr. Scott Westerfeld (2010)

Only the glimmer of glowworms lit the corridors, a green radiance as faint as starlight. ❋ Mr. Scott Westerfeld (2010)

As the sound trembled through the membrane, glowworms woke up underfoot. ❋ MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD (2009)

With the scent of hydrogen everywhere, the oil lamps had been extinguished, leaving the chaos lit with the sickly green of glowworms. ❋ MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD (2009)

They paused for a moment in the warm darkness, their eyes adjusting to the dim green light of glowworms. ❋ MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD (2009)

The ratlines flickered with electric torches and glowworms, and Deryn felt the membrane tremble from distant footsteps. ❋ MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD (2009)

And lastly,I think the "football" is actually a depiction of 4 glowworms getting ready to mud-wrestle I could be wrong! ❋ Unknown (2009)

At night, lit from inside, they look like glowworms. ❋ Unknown (2008)

While rare on land (fireflies and glowworms are among the few land-based creatures that possess it), it is virtually ubiquitous among creatures of the oceanic midwaters. ❋ Flannery, Tim (2007)

I want to see Volcanic landscapes, maori carvings and glowworms. ❋ Torill (2006)

example 1 : "Jill went [dogging] last night, and did a [glowworm], after 10 minutes she apparently had a queue of suitors and countless [people watching] in the shadows! She said it really got her off!" example 2 : "man we were so pissed last night, we found a bunch of glow sticks and did a naked glowworm race down the street - the loser had to buy the next round" ❋ ColonelTessieIceBeaconThe2nd (2013)

Person 1: Wow, [that guy] is such a GlowWorm! Person 2: Yeah, he [sucks] at [everything]. ❋ NotAGlowWorm (2007)

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