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Word: photoblepharon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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Some deep-sea fish, such as the species Photoblepharon palpebratus of the Banda Islands, have headlights powered by luminous bacteria (see cut}. Photoblepharon has arranged a "symbiosis" (mutually profitable living together), providing the bacteria with food and fine living conditions in a sac near the eye. while the bacteria furnish the fish with lanterns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Bioluminescence | 5/20/1940 | See Source »

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