Synonyms for noctiluca
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nok-tuh-loo-kuh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌnɒk təˈlu kə |
Définition of noctiluca
- As in lightning bug : noun nocturnal luminescent beetle
- I do not see how they could be the L. noctiluca, as he states.
- Extract from : « The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume VI, Familiar Letters » by Henry David Thoreau
- Noctiluca flashes on stimulation of any kind, even the slightest agitation causing a brilliant emission of light.
- Extract from : « The Nature of Animal Light » by E. Newton Harvey
- Noctiluca miliaris, acted upon by iodine solution, showing the protoplasm shrunk away from the structureless pellicle.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 » by Various
- The exchange of life-elements between two individuals is well illustrated in the case of the infusorian Noctiluca.
- Extract from : « The Drama of Love and Death » by Edward Carpenter
- Two new individuals are thus formed, and each Noctiluca has absorbed half of the other.
- Extract from : « The Drama of Love and Death » by Edward Carpenter
- Probably the Noctiluca is not rivalled in this respect even by miscroscopic unicellular alg which compose the "red snow."
- Extract from : « Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) » by Various
- Both in its nature and immature forms, Lampyris noctiluca plays a useful part in the economy of Nature.
- Extract from : « Poachers and Poaching » by John Watson
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