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Bioluminescence

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Noun

1. bioluminescence

luminescence produced by physiological processes (as in the firefly)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bioluminescence

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noun
the production of light by living organisms as a result of the oxidation of a light-producing substance (luciferin) by the enzyme luciferase: occurs in many marine organisms, insects such as the firefly, etc

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Bioluminescence

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noun
1. 
the production of light by living organisms, as by fireflies or many deep-water cephalopods
2. 
such light

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bioluminescence

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n.
The emission of visible light by certain living organisms, such as the firefly and various fish, marine invertebrates, fungi, and bacteria. Bioluminescence is caused by chemical reactions.

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