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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lysmask	lysmasken	lysmaskar	lysmaskarna
Genitive	lysmasks	lysmaskens	lysmaskars	lysmaskarnas

See also

• eldfluga

References

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