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Bioluminescence

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Emission of visible light by living organisms such as the firefly and various fish, fungi, and bacteria.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The emission of light by a living organism (such as a firefly).

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. a type of luminescence produced by biological or biochemical processes, such as a glowworm glow or the action of luciferase on luciferin. A well-known example is that of firefly luminescence. See also luciferin.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. luminescence produced by physiological processes (as in the firefly)

Word Usage

"Woody, a pioneer in bioluminescence research and one of the early researchers studying GFP, who was a new and especially kind faculty member."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

luminescence

Cross Reference

chemoluminescence luciferase

Variant

luminescence firefly luminescence luciferin

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

full-colour single-photon scintigraphic tomographic laserfire