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noctiluca

[ nok-tuh-loo-kuh ]

noun

plural noctilucae
  1. a dinoflagellate of the genus Noctiluca, capable of producing light and, in groups, of causing a luminous appearance of the sea.


noctiluca

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noun

  1. any bioluminescent marine dinoflagellate of the genus Noctiluca
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of noctiluca1

1670–80; < New Latin; Latin ²Ô´Ç³¦³Ù¾±±ôÅ«³¦²¹ shiner by night, equivalent to nocti- nocti- + -±ôÅ«³¦²¹ shiner, derivative of ±ôÅ«³¦Å§°ù±ð to shine
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of noctiluca1

C17: from Latin, from nox night + ±ôÅ«³¦Å§°ù±ð to shine
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He added the dinoflagellate, called noctiluca, were present in the water "all the time", just not always at the surface where we can see bioluminescence clearly.

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As this weather front moves across the Arabian Sea every year, it churned up oxygen-poor water thick with nutrients that have fueled the rise of a 1.2-billion-year old algae called noctiluca scintillans.

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The mauve stinger jellyfish, also known as pelagia noctiluca, are small enough to get inside salmon cages.

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The new species bears similarities to the Pelagia noctiluca, also known as the mauve stinger for its purple glow and stinging abilities.

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GLOW-WORM, the popular name of the wingless female of the beetle Lampyris noctiluca, whose power of emitting light has been familiar for many centuries.

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