common glowworm

See also: common glow-worm

English

Lampyris noctiluca

Noun

common glowworm (plural common glowworms)

A wingless larviform female of the European firefly species, Lampyris noctiluca, which glows in the dark due to bioluminescence.

Translations

female of Lampyris noctiluca

Finnish: kiiltomato (fi)
Swedish: vanlig lysmask (sv), stor lysmask (sv)

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