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Definition of Noctiluca
1. Noun. Large bioluminescent marine protozoan.
Generic synonyms: Dinoflagellate
Group relationships: Genus Noctiluca
Definition of Noctiluca
1. n. That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus.
Definition of Noctiluca
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Noctiluca
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Noctiluca
Literary usage of Noctiluca
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. On Molecular and Microscopic Science by Mary Somerville (1869)
"extremities; but it sometimes occurs of a deep red, and in such multitudes as to
give the water the appearance of blood.1 The noctiluca miliaris, ..."
3. The Universe: Or, The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little by Félix-Archimède Pouchet (1884)
"... i The Miliary noctiluca is one of those which play the greatest part in the
phosphorescence of the ocean. Seen with the aid of a powerful microscope, ..."
4. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1822)
"... to pierce an aperture in the ceiling, or by opening a door in an adjoining
apartment produce the necessary current. IV. Lampyris noctiluca and ..."
5. The Medical Times and Gazette (1875)
"noctiluca is extremely abundant in the superficial -water» of the ocean, ...
A careful study of the singular genus noctiluca, led me, in 1855, ..."
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