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Slowworm vs Glowworm - What's the difference?

slowworm | glowworm |

As nouns the difference between slowworm and glowworm

is that slowworm is a small Old World lizard, Anguis fragilis, often mistaken for a snake, having no legs and small eyes while glowworm is the larva or wingless grub-like female of a beetle from the families family: Phengodidae or Lampyridae that gives out a green light from its abdomen.

slowworm

English

(wikipedia slowworm)

Alternative forms

* slow worm, slow-worm

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small Old World lizard, Anguis fragilis , often mistaken for a snake, having no legs and small eyes.

    • Synonyms

    * blindworm

    References

    * 2008 , Anatoly Liberman, An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction , pages 196-200

    glowworm

    English

    (wikipedia glowworm)

    Alternative forms

    * glow-worm

    Noun

  • 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', '', 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 ?hews the Matin to be near, / And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire: / Adieu, adieu, adieu! remember me.

    See also

    * firefly