noctiluca

noctiluca is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 18 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus.
2. noun. A genus of marine flagellate Infusoria, remarkable for their unusually large size and complex structure, as well as for their phosphorescence. The brilliant diffuse phosphorescence of the sea is often due to myriads of Noctilucae.
3. noun. large bioluminescent marine protozoan

Anagrams

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ciclatoun

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