English Explanatory Dictionary

sea sparkle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The bioluminescent dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans (syn. Noctiluca miliaris), that causes mareel.

Word forms

sea sparkle sea sparkles

Etymology

From sea + sparkle from the sparkling of the sea due to the bioluminescent algae.

Related words

mareel milky sea blue tide

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