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Definition of Noctiluca miliaris
1. Noun. Large bioluminescent marine protozoan.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Noctiluca Miliaris
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 ..."