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- English Word Noctilionid Definition A South American bat of the genus Noctilio, having cheek pouches and large incisor teeth.
- English Word Noctiluca Definition That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus.
- English Word Noctiluca Definition A genus of marine flagellate Infusoria, remarkable for their unusually large size and complex structure, as well as for their phosphorescence. The brilliant diffuse phosphorescence of the sea is often due to myriads of Noctilucae.
- English Word NoctilucAe Definition of Noctiluca
- English Word Noctilucin Definition A fatlike substance in certain marine animals, to which they owe their phosphorescent properties.
- English Word Noctilucine Definition Of or pertaining to Noctiluca.
- English Word Noctilucous Definition Shining in the night.
- English Word Noctivagant Definition Going about in the night; night-wandering.
- English Word Noctivagation Definition A roving or going about in the night.
- English Word Noctivagous Definition Noctivagant.
- English Word Noctograph Definition A kind of writing frame for the blind.
- English Word Noctograph Definition An instrument or register which records the presence of watchmen on their beats.
- English Word Noctuary Definition A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal; -- distinguished from diary.
- English Word Noctuid Definition Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuidae, or Noctuaelitae, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; -- so called because they fly at night.
- English Word Noctuid Definition Of or pertaining to the noctuids, or family Noctuidae.
- English Word Noctule Definition A large European bat (Vespertilio, / Noctulina, altivolans).
- English Word Nocturn Definition An office of devotion, or act of religious service, by night.
- English Word Nocturn Definition One of the portions into which the Psalter was divided, each consisting of nine psalms, designed to be used at a night service.
- English Word Nocturnal Definition Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as, nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc.; -- opposed to diurnal.
- English Word Nocturnal Definition Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night; as, nocturnal birds and insects.