[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A firefly, a glow-worm.

- The larva of any of several small moths of the superfamily Tortricoidea which are pests of the cranberry and other cultivated plants; especially (more fully "black-headed fireworm") the widespread Rhopobota naevana (also called holly tortrix).

- Any of various predatory bristle worms (polychaetes) of the family Amphinomidae, having stinging bristles that can cause severe inflammation; especially (more fully "bearded fireworm") Hermodice carunculata of the tropical Atlantic, Caribbean, and Mediterranean.

- Any of several bristle worms (polychaetes) of the genus Odontosyllis (family Syllidae), which become bioluminescent during the mating period; especially (more fully "Bermuda fireworm") O. enopla of the tropical west Atlantic.


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Origin:
mid 16th century (in an earlier sense). From fire + worm