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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Zool.)

A fatlike substance in certain marine animals, to which they owe their phosphorescent properties.

noctilucin ‎(uncountable)

(zoology) Alternative spelling of noctilucine A fat-like substance in certain marine animals, giving them their phosphorescent properties.

fat-like substance — see noctilucine