Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. biology, biochemistry Exhibiting bioluminescence.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. (of living organisms) emitting light
Examples
“Photomorphs perhaps, or some other extraordinary kind of bioluminescent creature, possibly new to science.”
“Its tiny "bioluminescent" body part is lodged permanently within its shell, but the shell amplifies the light, and the faint glow it produces illuminates the whole shell surface.”
“But if architects can overcome these limitations and make the connection between artificial structures and natural ones, we could harness 'metabolic materials' such as bioluminescent bacteria that produce light through biochemistry, for example, and reduce our energy drain on the grid.”
“But if architects can overcome these limitations and make the connection between artificial structures and natural ones, we could harness metabolic materials such as bioluminescent bacteria that produce light through biochemistry, for example, and reduce our energy drain on the grid.”
“On the last evening, a naturalist leads families to a secluded beach lapped by bioluminescent waves to watch 300-pound sea turtles lay their eggs in the sand.”
“The row of eyes on her face glowed with a bioluminescent blue light.”
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“Of the bioluminescent algae churned into that glowing by”
“Gathered in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, they held bioluminescent candlesticks, chanting in Gregorian tones.”
“The bioluminescent jellyfish glowed faintly just below the surface, marking their path to sea.”
“In other words, ad agencies, or whomever, could cynically write a gunshot into the script—so what if the program was about flower arranging or bioluminescent sea creatures—and therefore keep blasting us out of couches and beds as unapologetically as ever.”
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