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noctiluca

noun
/ˌnɒk.tɪˈluː.kə/UK/ˌnɑk.tɪˈlu.kə/US

Etymology

From Latin noctilūca.

  1. derived from noctiluca

Definitions

  1. A firefly, glowworm.

    • If a number of noctilucas are punctured with a needle, causing the cells to collapse, and are then subjected to an interrupted current, they respond just as uninjured cells do.

  2. The moon

  3. A phosphorescent substance

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Noctiluca scintillans (sea sparkle).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for noctiluca. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA