Etymology

noctilucous

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Today it means: Shining in the night or darkness; luminescent. Full definition →

New Latin noctilūcus
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  1. New Latin · learned borrowing fromnoctilūcus
  2. English todaynoctilucous

Learned borrowing from New Latin noctilūcus.

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