BIOLUMINESCENT

bioluminescent

(adjective) (of living organisms) emitting light; “fireflies are bioluminescent”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

bioluminescent (comparative more bioluminescent, superlative most bioluminescent)

(biology, biochemistry) Exhibiting bioluminescence.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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