lysmask

Swedish

Etymology

From lysa (“shine”) +‎ mask (“worm”).

Noun

lysmask c

1. any firefly of the subfamily Lampyrinae, especially the common glow-worm (Lampyris noctiluca) and lesser glow-worm (Phosphaenus hemipterus), which are the only species of firefly native to Sweden
2. (slang) an eye

Declension

Declension of lysmask

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	lysmask	lysmasks
	definite	lysmasken	lysmaskens
plural	indefinite	lysmaskar	lysmaskars
	definite	lysmaskarna	lysmaskarnas

See also

• eldfluga

References

• lysmask in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• lysmask in Svensk ordbok (SO)