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

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