"noctiluca" meaning in English

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      "word": "icy noctiluca"
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      "word": "noctilucal"
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      "name": "der"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English noctilūca.",
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    {
      "form": "noctilucae",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "noctilucas",
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        "plural"
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    "noc‧ti‧lu‧ca"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1917, Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington",
          "text": "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.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A firefly, glowworm."
      ],
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          "firefly",
          "firefly#English"
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          "glowworm",
          "glowworm#English"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A firefly, glowworm."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
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        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "glosses": [
        "The moon"
      ],
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        "(obsolete) The moon"
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "A phosphorescent substance"
      ],
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        "(obsolete) A phosphorescent substance"
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "Noctiluca scintillans (sea sparkle)."
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          "sea sparkle",
          "sea sparkle"
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      "ipa": "/ˌnɒk.tɪˈluː.kə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˌnɑk.tɪˈlu.kə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "nŏkˌtĭ.lo͞oˈkə"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "näkˌtĭ.lo͞oˈkə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "noctiluca"
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    "enm:Insects"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "icy noctiluca"
    },
    {
      "word": "noctilucal"
    },
    {
      "word": "noctilucan"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English noctilūca.",
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      "form": "noctilucae",
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    },
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        }
      ],
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        "A firefly, glowworm."
      ],
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        "(obsolete) A firefly, glowworm."
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        "The moon"
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        "(obsolete) The moon"
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      "glosses": [
        "A phosphorescent substance"
      ],
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        "(obsolete) A phosphorescent substance"
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        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
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        "Noctiluca scintillans (sea sparkle)."
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      "enpr": "nŏkˌtĭ.lo͞oˈkə"
    },
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      "enpr": "näkˌtĭ.lo͞oˈkə"
    }
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  "word": "noctiluca"
}