different between bioluminescent vs firefly

English

Etymology

bio- +? luminescent

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?s?nt

Adjective

bioluminescent (comparative more bioluminescent, superlative most bioluminescent)

1. (biology, biochemistry) Exhibiting bioluminescence.

Derived terms

• autobioluminescent
• bioluminescently

Related terms

• bioluminescence
• bioluminesce

Translations

See also

• biofluorescent

Catalan

Etymology

bio- +? luminescent

Adjective

bioluminescent (masculine and feminine plural bioluminescents)

1. bioluminescent

Related terms

• bioluminescència

Further reading

• “bioluminescent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “bioluminescent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Romanian

Etymology

From French bioluminescent

Adjective

bioluminescent m or n (feminine singular bioluminescent?, masculine plural bioluminescen?i, feminine and neuter plural bioluminescente)

1. bioluminescent

Declension

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From fire +? fly.

Noun

firefly (plural fireflies)

1. Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.
   • 2000, Exploring Life Science, 2: Bats—Cave Life, Marshall Cavendish, page 96,

     Fireflies are the best-known insects that produce light. […] Many fireflies use their light to communicate, particularly at mating time when males and females have to get together.

   • 2004, B. V. David, T. N. Ananthakrishnan, Chapter 20: Bioluminescence, General and Applied Entomology, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2nd Edition, page 130,

     The luciferins are different in different species and today both the luciferin and luciferase in the firefly are available in the crystalline form.

   • 2007, Lars Olof Björn, Helen Ghiradella, 23: Bioluminescence, Lars Olof Björn (editor), Photobiology: The Science of Life and Light, Springer, 2nd Edition, page 607,

     Various other luciferase genes, especially the firefly luciferase gene, are also used for the study of gene regulation. […] The classic use of bioluminescence, however, is the use of a luciferin-luciferase mixture from fireflies as an assay for ATP.

Synonyms

• (beetle): lightning bug

Translations

See also

• glowworm