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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In phosphorescent animals, the semifluid substance which causes light.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A fatlike substance in certain marine animals, to which they owe their phosphorescent properties.

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  • noun zoology A fat-like substance in certain marine animals, giving them their phosphorescent properties.

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