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bioluminance

bioluminance noun: the luminance of a bioluminescent organism.

Noun

bioluminance (uncountable)

  1. The luminance of a bioluminescent organism

Origin of bioluminance

From bio- + luminance.

Questions about bioluminance

What does bioluminance mean?
Bioluminance means the luminance of a bioluminescent organism.
What part of speech is bioluminance?
Bioluminance is a noun.

Words near bioluminance in the dictionary

  1. biologizing
  2. biology
  3. biolubricant
  4. biolubricants
  5. biolubrication
  6. bioluminance
  7. bioluminesce
  8. bioluminesced
  9. bioluminescence
  10. bioluminescences
  11. bioluminescent

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