The bioluminescence gave the sea an eerie glow.
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Bioluminescence
//ˌbaɪ̯oʊ̯ˌluməˈnɛsəns//
Synonyms for "bioluminescence" (8 found)
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23 translations across 22 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- bioluminescència noun (emission of light by a living organism)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 生物發光 /生物发光 noun (emission of light by a living organism)
Esperanto
1 entries- bioluminesko noun (emission of light by a living organism)
Finnish
1 entries- bioluminesenssi noun (emission of light by a living organism)
French
1 entries- bioluminescence noun (emission of light by a living organism)
Galician
1 entries- bioluminescencia noun (emission of light by a living organism)
German
1 entries- Biolumineszenz noun (emission of light by a living organism)
Hungarian
1 entries- biolumineszcencia noun (emission of light by a living organism)
Icelandic
1 entries- lífljómun noun (emission of light by a living organism)
Irish
1 entries- bithlonracht noun (emission of light by a living organism)
Italian
1 entries- bioluminescenza noun (emission of light by a living organism)
Japanese
1 entries- 生物発光 noun (emission of light by a living organism)
Malayalam
1 entries- ജൈവദീപ്തി noun (emission of light by a living organism)
Persian
1 entries- زیستتابی noun (emission of light by a living organism)
Polish
1 entries- bioluminescencja noun (emission of light by a living organism)
Portuguese
1 entries- bioluminescência noun (emission of light by a living organism)
Romanian
1 entries- bioluminescență noun (emission of light by a living organism)
Russian
1 entries- биолюминесце́нция noun (emission of light by a living organism)
Spanish
1 entries- bioluminiscencia noun (emission of light by a living organism)
Swedish
2 entries- bioluminescens noun (emission of light by a living organism)
- bioluminiscens noun (emission of light by a living organism)
Telugu
1 entries- జీవసందీప్తి noun (emission of light by a living organism)
Turkish
1 entries- biyoluminesans noun (emission of light by a living organism)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
With the two moons above in the night sky, the sea glimmered with bioluminescence.
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