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noctilucine

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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to Noctiluca.

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  • noun biochemistry A nitrogenous substance in fireflies and glowworms, supposedly responsible for their luminescence.

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