biofluoresces

Verb

biofluoresce (third-person singular simple present biofluoresces, present participle biofluorescing, simple past and past participle biofluoresced)

1. To exhibit biofluorescence
   • Marine organisms biofluoresce by absorbing the dominant blue light, and reemitting it at a longer, lower energy wavelength, visually resulting in green, orange, and red fluorescence.2015 November 12, “Adaptive Evolution of Eel Fluorescent Proteins from Fatty Acid Binding Proteins Produces Bright Fluorescence in the Marine Environment”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI