glowworm
suomi-englanti sanakirjaglowworm englannista suomeksi
kiiltomato
Substantiivi
glowworm englanniksi
The larva or wingless grub-like female of a beetle from the families (taxlink) or (taxfmt) that gives out a green light from its abdomen.
(RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet)
1604, (w), ''The Alexandraean Tragedie'', Act V, Scene 2, in ''The Monarchicke Tragedies'', London: Ed. Blount, 1607,https://archive.org/details/monarchicketrage00stir
- Some things afarre doe like the Glow-worme shine,
- That lookt to neere haue of that light no signe.
(RQ:Webster Malfi)
{{quote-book|en|year=1681|author=Andrew Marvell|chapter=The Mower to the Glo-Worms|title=Miscellaneous Poems|location=London|publisher=Robert Boulter|page=44|url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A52133.0001.001
1819, (w), “The Waggoner” Canto 1, in ''The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth'', London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1820, p. 7,https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001428214
- Confiding Glow-worms, ’tis a night
- Propitious to your earth-born light!
{{quote-book|en|year=1954|author=Dylan Thomas|title=Under Milk Wood|location=New York|publisher=New Directions|page=1|url=https://archive.org/details/undermilkwoodpla00thomrich
A carnivorous gnat larva in the keroplatid genus (taxlink) that spins threads to capture insects attracted by its glow.