Meanings
adjectivebiofluorescent (not comparable)
- not comparableExhibiting biofluorescence.
This discovery led to a series of expeditions to the Caribbean and South Pacific where several species of biofluorescent eels, representing several anguilliform families, were collected and analyzed.
2015 November 12, “Adaptive Evolution of Eel Fluorescent Proteins from Fatty Acid Binding Proteins Produces Bright Fluorescence in the Marine Environment”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
- Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
- Englishbio-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
- Latinfluō
- Latinfluor
- Englishfluor
- Englishfluorite
- Middle Low Germanspar
- Old Englishspærstān
- Middle Englishsparston
- Englishsparstonebf.
- Englishspar
- Englishfluorspar
- Englishfluorescencebf.
- Englishfluoresce
- Englishfluorescent
- Englishbiofluorescent
From bio- + fluorescent.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with biofluorescent
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APA
biofluorescent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biofluorescent
MLA
“biofluorescent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biofluorescent. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biofluorescent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biofluorescent.
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