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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 noctiluca
 夜光蟲

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Noc·ti·lu·ca n.; pl. Noctilucae
 1. Old Chem. That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus.
 2. Zool. 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 noctiluca
      n : large bioluminescent marine protozoan [syn: Noctiluca
           miliaris]
      [also: noctilucae (pl)]