glassworm

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English

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a chaoborid glassworm

Noun

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glassworm (plural glassworms)

  1. A phantom midge larva in the family Chaoboridae, which lives in freshwater and is nearly transparent.
  2. An arrow worm in the phylum Chaetognatha, part of the marine zooplankton.