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icy noctiluca

icy noctiluca noun: white phosphorus.

Noun

icy noctiluca (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) white phosphorus.
    • Buy I having returned to the Author both his own Papers, and my Version of them, in one Roll, it unfortunately hapned, that before the Icy Noctiluca was printed off, there broke out in the Night a great Fire […]1680, Robert Boyle, New Experiments and Observations made upon the Icy Noctiluca

Questions about icy noctiluca

What does icy noctiluca mean?
Icy noctiluca means white phosphorus.
What part of speech is icy noctiluca?
Icy noctiluca is a noun.

Words near icy noctiluca in the dictionary

  1. ICWs
  2. ICWUC
  3. ICWYDT
  4. icy
  5. Icy Creek
  6. icy noctiluca
  7. icy pole
  8. icy poles
  9. icycle
  10. ICYDK
  11. icymi

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