The word is in the Wiktionary

9 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• noctiluca n. (Obsolete) A firefly, glowworm.
• noctiluca n. (Obsolete) The moon.
• noctiluca n. (Obsolete) A phosphorescent substance.
• noctiluca n. Noctiluca scintillans (sea sparkle).

— International convention —

• Noctiluca prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Noctilucaceae – some bioluminescent Myzozoa predators, involved in red tides.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Middle english
  • noctiluca n. A firefly, glowworm.
  • noctiluca n. Misspelling of noctilupa (nyctalopia).

— In Spanish —

• noctiluca s. Zoología. Cualquiera de las más de dos mil especies de coleópteros…
• noctiluca s. Zoología. Género de protistas dinoflagelados de la clase…

24 English words from 7 English definitions

bioluminescent family firefly genus glowworm involved Misspelling moon Noctiluca nyctalopia Obsolete phosphorescent predators red red␣tides sea sea␣sparkle some sparkle substance taxonomic the tides within

3 English words from 2 foreign definitions

dos las mil

9 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

clase coleópteros Cualquiera de␣la dinoflagelados especies Género más Zoología

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

noctilucae noctilucal noctilucas

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

icy␣noctiluca

15 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CTI ILUC Luc. Luca LUCA NOC oct Oct OCT oct- Oct. til TIL 'til UCA

14 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ACU acu- con Con CON -con con- ITC lit Lit &lit lit. TCO TCON

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

ciclatoun

8 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

ciclatouns council␣tax inculcator inocculate noctilucae noctilucal noctilucas uncatholic

4 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

lactocin lactonic lactucin lactucon

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