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单词 glowbard
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glowbardn.

Forms: Middle English–1500s glo(u)berd(e, 1500s glo(e)bard(e, glowberde, gloebeard(e, 1600s glo(w)bard, -bird.
Etymology: < glow v.1 + bird n.; compare lady-bird.
Obsolete.
A glow-worm.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Lampyridae > lampyris noctiluca (glow-worm)
glow-wormc1320
gold worm?c1475
glowbard?a1500
silver-worm?a1500
glose-worm1519
glass-worm1552
glaze-worm1578
glare-worm1607
night-worm1774
glow-bug1781
fireworm1821
glow-beetle1860
?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 766/19 Hec nocticula, a glouberd.
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria ix. f. 108v A flye or a worme called a glouberde.
1572 R. Harrison tr. L. Lavater Of Ghostes i. xi. 51 A Gloewoorme, or gloebearde [1596 Globard].
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 326 These Glowbards neuer appeare before hay is ripe.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 566 The worme which is called a gloworme, or a Globird.
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