noctilucine

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A nitrogenous substance in fireflies, glowworms and marine animals, once believed to be responsible for their luminescence. uncountable

词形变化

noctilucin alternative

词源

From Latin noctilūca (“firefly”) + -ine. Term coined by British scientist Thomas Lamb Phipson (1833–1908). It appeared first in his article On noctilucine, the phosphorescent principle of luminous animals, published in The chemical new, vol. 32, no. 832, on November 5, 1875.
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