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Word: Noctiluca
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
modern Latin, from Latin, literally ‘night light, lantern’
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Phonetic Spelling:
ˌnɒktɪˈluːkə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a roughly spherical marine dinoflagellate which is strongly phosphorescent, especially when disturbed.
Short Definition:spherical marine dinoflagellate which is strongly phosphorescent
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