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luciferin

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9 lettersPart of speech nounSorted cefiilnruStarts with LEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A light-producing pigment found in bioluminescent organisms.

Word origin

From Latin lūcifer (“light bringer”) + English -in.

Used in a sentence

  • Aptly enough, glowworms light up their underworld with a pair of chemicals that have a satanic etymology—luciferins and luciferases, after the Latin for “light bringer.”

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