"noctiluca" meaning in Latin

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  "etymology_text": "From nox (“night”) + luceō (“to shine”).",
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      "form": "noctilūcārum",
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      "form": "noctilūcam",
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      "glosses": [
        "Something which shines by night."
      ],
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          "shines",
          "shines#English"
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          "night",
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        "(literally) Something which shines by night."
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          "text": "Luna, vel quod sola lucet noctu. Itaque ea dicta Noctiluca in Palatio: nam ibi noctu lucet templum."
        },
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          "ref": "23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horace, Odes 4.6.37–40",
          "roman": "volvere mensis.",
          "text": "rite Latonae puerum canentes,\nrite crescentem face Noctilucam,\nprosperam frugum celeremque pronos"
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        "The Moon."
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        "A candle, a lamp, a lantern"
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        "(countable) A candle, a lamp, a lantern"
      ],
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      "ipa": "/nok.tiˈluː.ka/",
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      "ipa": "[nokt̪iˈluːkä]",
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  ],
  "word": "noctiluca"
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        },
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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      "ipa": "[nokt̪iˈluːkä]",
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  "word": "noctiluca"
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