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bioluminesce

bioluminesce verb: to luminesce (shine) through bioluminescence.

Verb

bioluminesce (third-person singular simple present bioluminesces, present participle bioluminescing, simple past and past participle bioluminesced)

  1. To luminesce (shine) through bioluminescence

Forms of bioluminesce

third-person singular presentbioluminesces
present participlebioluminescing
past participlebioluminesced
pastbioluminesced

Origin of bioluminesce

From bio- + luminesce.

Questions about bioluminesce

What does bioluminesce mean?
Bioluminesce means to luminesce (shine) through bioluminescence.
What part of speech is bioluminesce?
Bioluminesce is a verb.
What is the past tense of bioluminesce?
The past tense of bioluminesce is bioluminesced.

Words near bioluminesce in the dictionary

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

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