Definition of Noctiluca

1. Noun. Large bioluminescent marine protozoan.

Exact synonyms: Noctiluca Miliaris
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

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Medical Definition of Noctiluca

1. A bioluminescent dinoflagellate. Responsible for many instances of marine phosphorescence. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Noctiluca

Noble's position
Noble's stain
Noble-Collip procedure
Nocardia
Nocardia brasiliensis
Nocardia caviae
Nocardia dacryoliths
Nocardia farcinica
Nocardia gibsonii
Nocardia leishmanii
Nocardia lurida
Nocardia lutea
Nocardia madurae
Nocardia mediterranei
Nocardia orientalis
Noctiluca (current term)
Noctiluca miliaris
Noctua
Noctuidae
Noel
Noel Coward
Noele
Noeleen
Noelene
Noelle
Noemi
Noemvriana
Noether
Noether's theorem
Noetherian

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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