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

Translations

luminescent

• French: noctiluque (fr)

References

• “noctilucous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.