1) Dinoflagellate 2) Noctiluca miliaris
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• (n.) A genus of marine flagellate Infusoria, remarkable for their unusually large size and complex structure, as well as for their phosphorescence. The brilliant diffuse phosphorescence of the sea is often due to myriads of Noctilucae. • (n.) That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus. • (n.) A genus of marine fl...
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<organism> A bioluminescent dinoflagellate. Responsible for many instances of marine phosphorescence. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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A bioluminescent dinoflagellate. Responsible for many instances of marine phosphorescence.
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Noc`ti·lu'ca noun ; plural NoctilucÆ . [ Latin noctiluca something that shines by night, from nox , noctis , night + lucere to shine, lux light.] 1. (Old Chem.) That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus.
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n] - large bioluminescent marine protozoan
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noctiluca 1. A plankton that produces light. When present in large groups, they make the sea appear to glow. Of the genus, Noctiluca. 2. Any marine animalcule that produces a phosphorescent appearance in the sea.3. Any of a genus, Noctiluca, of large, sherical, reddish, luminescent protozoa that occur in vast numbers in the sea, causing parts of it...
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Noctiluca miliaris noun large bioluminescent marine protozoan
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a dinoflagellate of the genus Noctiluca, capable of producing light and, in groups, of causing a luminous appearance of the sea.
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