Glow"worm` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A coleopterous insect of the genus Lampyris;
esp., the wingless females and larvÊ of the two European species (L.
noctiluca, and L. splendidula), which emit light from some of the
abdominal segments.
Like a glowworm in the night, The which hath fire in darkness, none
in light.
Shak.
The male is winged, and is supposed to be attracted by the light of the
female. In America, the luminous larvÊ of several species of fireflies
and fire beetles are called glowworms. Both sexes of these are winged
when mature. See Firefly.
||Glox*in"i*a (?), n. [NL.] (Bot.) American genus of herbaceous plants
||with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin,
||a German botanist.
Gloze (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glozed(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glozing.]
[OE. glosen, F. gloser. See gloss explanation.]