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View definitions for glowworm

glowworm

noun as in lightning bug

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Example Sentences

A glowworm is not discerned in the sunshine, though it glister in the dark.

Every body probably knows, that the male glowworm is a winged, erratic animal, yet may not have seen him.

Should the sun beg from the glowworm, and should the momentary spark excite the envy of the source of light?

She looked down the dusky lanes, where glowworm lanterns began to bob and wink.

With a slim rubber band he fastened a match across the double barrels at the front sight and beneath this placed a glowworm.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to glowworm, such as: candle fly, fire beetle, firefly, fireworm, lampyrid, and lantern fly.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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