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luciferine

luciferine is the alternative form of luciferin.

Meaning of luciferin

Noun

luciferin (plural luciferins)

  1. Any of a class of polycyclic heterocycles that are responsible for the bioluminescence of fireflies, being converted to oxyluciferin by luciferase in the process.
    • 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

Forms of luciferine

pluralluciferines

Questions about luciferine

What is luciferine the alternative form of?
Luciferine is the alternative form of luciferin.

Words near luciferine in the dictionary

  1. Luciferians
  2. Luciferic
  3. luciferid
  4. luciferids
  5. luciferin
  6. luciferine
  7. luciferines
  8. luciferins
  9. Luciferism
  10. Luciferist
  11. Luciferists

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