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NOCTILUCA (noctilucae)
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Irregular inflected form: noctilucae
Dictionary entry overview: What does noctiluca mean?
• NOCTILUCA (noun)
The noun NOCTILUCA has 1 sense:
1. large bioluminescent marine protozoan
Familiarity information: NOCTILUCA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large bioluminescent marine protozoan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
noctiluca; Noctiluca miliaris
Hypernyms ("noctiluca" is a kind of...):
dinoflagellate (chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton)
Holonyms ("noctiluca" is a member of...):
genus Noctiluca (a genus of protoctist)
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