noctilucan.

Brit.

/ˌnɒktᵻˈluːkə/, U.S.

/ˌnɑktəˈlukə/

Inflections: Plural noctilucae Brit.

/ˌnɒktᵻˈluːki/,

/ˌnɒktᵻˈluːsi/, U.S.

/ˌnɑktəˈluki/.

Forms: Middle English 1600s– noctiluca, 1600s nocticula (transmission error).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin noctilūca.

Etymology: < classical Latin noctilūca moon, lantern, in post-classical Latin also glow-worm (from 12th cent. in British sources), firefly (from mid 13th cent. in British sources) < nocti- , nox night (see nocti- comb. form) + lūcēre to shine (see lucent adj.). Compare French noctiluca a kind of phosphorescent substance (1678), noctiluque phosphorescent animal (1722), marine dinoflagellate (1823). Compare also noctilucy n.

†1. A glow-worm; a firefly. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 294 Noctiluca [L. Noctiluca] is a litel beste wiþ feet & wiþ wynges..and he schyneþ in derknesse as a candele.

†2. The moon. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun]

moonOE

Diana1398

Hecatec1420

lady of the night1480

luna?1499

Lucina?1504

Phoebe1600

queen of the night?1610

mother of months1613

noctiluca1623

Cynthia1645

Oliver?1747

star-queen1818

Paddy's lantern1834

parish lantern1847

night-sun1855

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. sig. H2^v Nocticula [sic], the Moone.

3. A kind of phosphorescent substance. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > phosphorescence > phosphorescent substance or organism > type of

noctiluca1680

1680 R. Boyle App. Aerial Noctiluca 5 This [phosphorus] by some Learned Men has been call'd, to discriminate it from the former, a Noctiluca.

1682 R. Boyle New Exper. Icy Noctiluca 18 I thought it not amiss to call our consistent Self-shining Substance, the Icy or Glacial Noctiluca (and for variety—Phosphorus).

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iv. ii. vii. 194/1 What would it avail, if a Man could make a Glare on his Face, by smearing it with some of the Noctiluca's invented by the Modern Chymistry?

1973 T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow i. 143 His own blood and heart are stroked, beaten, brought jubilantly high, and triggered to the icy noctiluca, to flare and fusing Thermite as he begins to expand.

4. Biology. A large, roughly spherical, marine dinoflagellate of the genus Noctiluca, which is a principal source of bioluminescence on the surface of the sea. Also (in form Noctiluca): the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: D. M. Suriray Mag. de Zool. (1836) x. 1, after earlier use by him in 1810.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > subclass Dinoflagellida > [noun] > member of genus Noctiluca

noctiluca1835

1835 J. Coldstream in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 36/2 [Group] Dyphyda... Gen[era]... Noctiluca. Doliolum.

1855 W. S. Dallas in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature II. 227 In some localities the Noctiluca..also plays an important part in the production of this phenomenon.

1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 182/2 A gobletful of the noctilucæ produces light sufficient to read by at a distance of two feet.

1909 R. Lankester Treat. Zool. I. i. 188 Noctiluca has long been known as a widely distributed organism that is often the principal cause of the phosphorescence of the surface of the sea.

1936 F. S. Russell & C. M. Yonge Seas (ed. 2) viii. 194 Thus it is difficult to see what use luminescence can be to bacteria, Noctiluca, jellyfish, or the Sea Pens.

1951 G. Klingel Bay (1952) vi. 90 It was, as I had expected, Noctiluca, one of the protozoans.

1987 J. Barth Tidewater Tales (1988) 30 Splashing naked by moonlight with the noctilucae.

1998 L. Margulis & K. V. Schwartz Five Kingdoms (ed. 3) ii. 136/1 Others, such as the complex predator Noctiluca that grows to be 2000 μm in diameter, are bactivorous.

Derivatives

noctiˈlucal adj. rare phosphorescent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [adjective] > phosphorescent

night-shining1598

noctilucous1680

noctilucal1682

noctilucent1691

phosphorous1717

self-luminous1751

phosphorescent1767

phosphoric1771

phosphoreous1776

phosphor1790

phosphorescing1794

phosphoretic1794

phosphorent1819

1682 R. Boyle New Exper. Icy Noctiluca 46 A conjecture I had made about the great diffusedness of the Noctilucal Matter.

1991 L. Norfolk Lemprière's Dict. (1992) 448 Motile cells wagged their flagellae in happy self-congratulation, noctilucal lights pulsed on and off, flickering between sea and sky.

† noctilucan n. Biology Obsolete rare = sense 4.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > subclass Dinoflagellida > [adjective] > of member of genus Noctiluca

noctilucan1885

1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. i Noctilucan, any individual of the genus Noctiluca.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	noctiluca
释义	noctilucan. Brit. /ˌnɒktᵻˈluːkə/, U.S. /ˌnɑktəˈlukə/ Inflections: Plural noctilucae Brit. /ˌnɒktᵻˈluːki/, /ˌnɒktᵻˈluːsi/, U.S. /ˌnɑktəˈluki/. Forms: Middle English 1600s– noctiluca, 1600s nocticula (transmission error). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin noctilūca. Etymology: < classical Latin noctilūca moon, lantern, in post-classical Latin also glow-worm (from 12th cent. in British sources), firefly (from mid 13th cent. in British sources) < nocti- , nox night (see nocti- comb. form) + lūcēre to shine (see lucent adj.). Compare French noctiluca a kind of phosphorescent substance (1678), noctiluque phosphorescent animal (1722), marine dinoflagellate (1823). Compare also noctilucy n. †1. A glow-worm; a firefly. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 294 Noctiluca [L. Noctiluca] is a litel beste wiþ feet & wiþ wynges..and he schyneþ in derknesse as a candele. †2. The moon. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun] moonOE Diana1398 Hecatec1420 lady of the night1480 luna?1499 Lucina?1504 Phoebe1600 queen of the night?1610 mother of months1613 noctiluca1623 Cynthia1645 Oliver?1747 star-queen1818 Paddy's lantern1834 parish lantern1847 night-sun1855 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. sig. H2^v Nocticula [sic], the Moone. 3. A kind of phosphorescent substance. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > phosphorescence > phosphorescent substance or organism > type of noctiluca1680 1680 R. Boyle App. Aerial Noctiluca 5 This [phosphorus] by some Learned Men has been call'd, to discriminate it from the former, a Noctiluca. 1682 R. Boyle New Exper. Icy Noctiluca 18 I thought it not amiss to call our consistent Self-shining Substance, the Icy or Glacial Noctiluca (and for variety—Phosphorus). 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iv. ii. vii. 194/1 What would it avail, if a Man could make a Glare on his Face, by smearing it with some of the Noctiluca's invented by the Modern Chymistry? 1973 T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow i. 143 His own blood and heart are stroked, beaten, brought jubilantly high, and triggered to the icy noctiluca, to flare and fusing Thermite as he begins to expand. 4. Biology. A large, roughly spherical, marine dinoflagellate of the genus Noctiluca, which is a principal source of bioluminescence on the surface of the sea. Also (in form Noctiluca): the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: D. M. Suriray Mag. de Zool. (1836) x. 1, after earlier use by him in 1810. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > subclass Dinoflagellida > [noun] > member of genus Noctiluca noctiluca1835 1835 J. Coldstream in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 36/2 [Group] Dyphyda... Gen[era]... Noctiluca. Doliolum. 1855 W. S. Dallas in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature II. 227 In some localities the Noctiluca..also plays an important part in the production of this phenomenon. 1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 182/2 A gobletful of the noctilucæ produces light sufficient to read by at a distance of two feet. 1909 R. Lankester Treat. Zool. I. i. 188 Noctiluca has long been known as a widely distributed organism that is often the principal cause of the phosphorescence of the surface of the sea. 1936 F. S. Russell & C. M. Yonge Seas (ed. 2) viii. 194 Thus it is difficult to see what use luminescence can be to bacteria, Noctiluca, jellyfish, or the Sea Pens. 1951 G. Klingel Bay (1952) vi. 90 It was, as I had expected, Noctiluca, one of the protozoans. 1987 J. Barth Tidewater Tales (1988) 30 Splashing naked by moonlight with the noctilucae. 1998 L. Margulis & K. V. Schwartz Five Kingdoms (ed. 3) ii. 136/1 Others, such as the complex predator Noctiluca that grows to be 2000 μm in diameter, are bactivorous. Derivatives noctiˈlucal adj. rare phosphorescent. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [adjective] > phosphorescent night-shining1598 noctilucous1680 noctilucal1682 noctilucent1691 phosphorous1717 self-luminous1751 phosphorescent1767 phosphoric1771 phosphoreous1776 phosphor1790 phosphorescing1794 phosphoretic1794 phosphorent1819 1682 R. Boyle New Exper. Icy Noctiluca 46 A conjecture I had made about the great diffusedness of the Noctilucal Matter. 1991 L. Norfolk Lemprière's Dict. (1992) 448 Motile cells wagged their flagellae in happy self-congratulation, noctilucal lights pulsed on and off, flickering between sea and sky. † noctilucan n. Biology Obsolete rare = sense 4.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > subclass Dinoflagellida > [adjective] > of member of genus Noctiluca noctilucan1885 1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. i Noctilucan, any individual of the genus Noctiluca. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1398
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