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sea fireflies

sea fireflies is the plural of sea firefly.

Meaning of sea firefly

Noun

sea firefly (plural sea fireflies)

  1. Vargula hilgendorfii, a small bioluminescent ostracod found in the waters off Japan.
    • […] sea fireflies. In some cases, the strings of light that sea fireflies (bioluminescent ostracods) produce rise up off the bottom. In other cases, they may be horizontal or diagonal, like drifting strands of glowing pearls.2021, Edith Widder, Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and ..., page 211

Questions about sea fireflies

What is sea fireflies the plural of?
Sea fireflies is the plural of sea firefly.

Words near sea fireflies in the dictionary

  1. sea feathers
  2. sea fennel
  3. sea fig
  4. sea figs
  5. sea fir
  6. sea fireflies
  7. sea firefly
  8. sea firs
  9. sea fish
  10. sea fishes
  11. sea flea

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