noctilucous

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin noctilūcus.

Adjective

noctilucous (comparative more noctilucous, superlative most noctilucous)

  1. (obsolete) Shining in the night or darkness; luminescent.
    noctilucous cloud
    noctilucous plankton
    noctilucous worm

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