BIOLUMINESCENCE

Bioluminescence

Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism. Bioluminescence occurs widely in marine vertebrates and invertebrates, as well as in some fungi, microorganisms and terrestrial invertebrates. Some symbiotic organisms carried within larger organisms produce light.

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bioluminescence

Noun

  1. The emission of light by a living organism (such as a firefly).


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