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luciferases

luciferases is the plural of luciferase.

Meaning of luciferase

Noun

luciferase (plural luciferases)

  1. Any one of a group of enzymes that produce bioluminescence by oxidizing luciferin.
    • Aptly enough, glowworms light up their underworld with a pair of chemicals that have a satanic etymology—luciferins and luciferases, after the Latin for “light bringer.”2017 October 6, Ed Yong, “The Most Beautiful Death Trap”, in The Atlantic

Questions about luciferases

What is luciferases the plural of?
Luciferases is the plural of luciferase.

Words near luciferases in the dictionary

  1. lucifer matches
  2. Lucifer sheartail
  3. Lucifer sheartails
  4. Lucifer yellow
  5. luciferase
  6. luciferases
  7. Luciferian
  8. Luciferianism
  9. Luciferians
  10. Luciferic
  11. luciferid

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