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NOCTILUCA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: noctilucae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large bioluminescent marine protozoan

Synonyms:

noctiluca; Noctiluca miliaris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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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