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sea sparkle

noun

Etymology

From sea + sparkle from the sparkling of the sea due to the bioluminescent algae.

  1. inherited from sparkel
  2. compounded as sea sparkle — “sea + sparkle”

Definitions

  1. The bioluminescent dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans (syn. Noctiluca miliaris), that…

    The bioluminescent dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans (syn. Noctiluca miliaris), that causes mareel.

    • Their quantity remained also high in summer, when the role of the sea sparkle N. scintillans and of meroplankton, especially B. improvisus, was increasing.

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