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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bacterium which emits phosphorescent light.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bacteriol.) A genus including certain comma-shaped marine bacteria which emit bluish or greenish phosphorescence. Also, any microörganism of this group.
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- noun Any of the
genus Photobacterium ofbioluminescent bacteria .
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From the genus name.
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