Definition of Noctiluca miliaris

1. Noun. Large bioluminescent marine protozoan.

Exact synonyms: Noctiluca
Generic synonyms: Dinoflagellate
Group relationships: Genus Noctiluca

Lexicographical Neighbors of Noctiluca Miliaris

Noble's stain
Noble-Collip procedure
Nocardia
Nocardia brasiliensis
Nocardia caviae
Nocardia dacryoliths
Nocardia farcinica
Nocardia gibsonii
Nocardia leishmanii
Nocardia lurida
Nocardia lutea
Nocardia madurae
Nocardia mediterranei
Nocardia orientalis
Noctiluca
Noctiluca miliaris (current term)
Noctua
Noctuidae
Noel
Noel Coward
Noele
Noeleen
Noelene
Noelle
Noemi
Noemvriana
Noether
Noether's theorem
Noetherian
Noetian

Literary usage of Noctiluca miliaris

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1898)
"XXXIV ON THE STRUCTURE OF Noctiluca miliaris ... by a singular and anomalous creature of very simple organization, the Noctiluca miliaris. ..."

2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1855)
"Noctiluca miliaris exists in the Mersey in myriads. It is this species chiefly which imparts a phosphorescent appearance to the water at night, ..."

3. A Bibliography of Protozoa, Sponges, Coelenterata, and Worms: Including Also by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1885)
"[942 CARUS, JV Ueber Noctiluca miliaris. Arch. f. mikr. Anat. Vol. rv. pp. 351, 352, 1868. [943 CATTANEO, G. Intorno all' anatomia e fisiologia del ..."

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