Associations to the word «Noctiluca»

Wiktionary

NOCTILUCA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Noctilucaceae   — some bioluminescent Myzozoa predators.
NOCTILUCA, noun. (obsolete) A firefly, glowworm.
NOCTILUCA, noun. (obsolete) The moon
NOCTILUCA, noun. (obsolete) A phosphorescent substance
NOCTILUCA, noun. Alternative letter-case form of Noctiluca

Dictionary definition

NOCTILUCA, noun. Large bioluminescent marine protozoan.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope