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noctiluca

Syllables: noc·ti·lu·caUK/ˌnɒk.tɪˈluː.kə/US/ˌnɑk.tɪˈlu.kə/

noctiluca noun: a firefly, glowworm.

Noun

noctiluca (countable and uncountable, plural noctilucae or noctilucas)

  1. (obsolete) A firefly, glowworm.
    • If a number of noctilucas are punctured with a needle, causing the cells to collapse, and are then subjected to an interrupted current, they respond just as uninjured cells do.1917, Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington
  2. (obsolete) The moon
  3. (obsolete) A phosphorescent substance
  4. Noctiluca scintillans (sea sparkle).

noctiluca meaning in Tamil

noctiluca in Tamil

நாக்ட்டிலூக்கா

Forms of noctiluca

pluralnoctilucae
pluralnoctilucas

Origin of noctiluca

From Latin noctilūca.

Words formed from noctiluca

Questions about noctiluca

What does noctiluca mean?
Noctiluca means a firefly, glowworm.
What is noctiluca in Tamil?
Noctiluca in Tamil is நாக்ட்டிலூக்கா. See Noctiluca meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is noctiluca?
Noctiluca is a noun.
How do you pronounce noctiluca?
Noctiluca is pronounced /ˌnɒk.tɪˈluː.kə/ (UK).
What is the plural of noctiluca?
The plural of noctiluca is noctilucae.

Words near noctiluca in the dictionary

  1. noctiflorous
  2. noctilionid
  3. noctilionids
  4. noctilionoid
  5. noctilionoids
  6. noctiluca
  7. noctilucae
  8. noctilucal
  9. noctilucas
  10. noctilucence
  11. noctilucent

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Adapted from Wiktionary: noctiluca (page history and authors); noctiluca (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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