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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: NoctilucAE (0.01363 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: noctilucae
noctiluca
n : large bioluminescent marine protozoan [syn:
Noctiluca miliaris
]
[also:
noctilucae (pl)]
noctilucae
See
noctiluca
English → English (gcide)
Definition: NoctilucAE
Noctiluca
\Noc`ti*lu"ca\, n.; pl.
Noctiluc[AE]. [L. noctiluca
something that shines by night, fr. nox, noctis, night +
lucere to shine, lux light.]
1. (Old Chem.) That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name
for phosphorus.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of marine flagellate Infusoria,
remarkable for their unusually large size and complex
structure, as well as for their phosphorescence. The
brilliant diffuse phosphorescence of the sea is often due
to myriads of Noctiluc[ae].
[1913 Webster]
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