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Definition of: noctiluca
(nok′tə·l
′kə) noun
Any bioluminescent marine flagellate of the genus Noctiluca, found in warm seas, where its abundant presence gives the waves a brilliantly colored phosphorescent luminosity. [<NL <L nox, noctis night + lucere shine]
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