#anglerfish disguising their light as stars

[meadow-brook]

Fish in space is one of my favorite aesthetics

[norwegiatlas]

day seven: read 1 article online about something that interests you

For todays challenge, I read a Wikipedia article about bioluminescence in Finnish. You can read it here. Bioluminescence has always fascinated me, so I thought it’d be fun to read about it in Finnish. There were a lot of new words, so I decided to make a word list with most of them in:

bioluminesenssi = bioluminescence

biologinen valotuotanto =  biological light production

kemiluminesenssi = chemiluminescence

erikoistapaus = particular case, special case

ilmetä = to appear; to become apparent

varsinkin = especially, particularly

syvänmeri = deep sea

eliö = organism

eräät = certain (plural)

kääpä = polypore

kiiltomato = common glow-worm

home = mildew, mold

hohtaa = to glow, to shine, to gleam, to glimmer, to glisten

pimeys = darkness

Itämeri = the Baltic sea

pikkumaneetti = comb jelly

itsevalaiseva = self-luminous

on arveltu = it’s believed

jopa = even, as much as

tuottaa = to produce, to generate

tavalla tai toisella = one way or another, one way or the other

osa = part

saalistaa = to prey, to hunt

parhaiten = best

kantama = range

johtua = to originate, to result from, to be attributed to

kemia = chemstry; (colloquial) interpersonal relationship

puolustus = defense

saalistus = preying

keino = means, way; trick

laji = kind, sort, species

puolustustarkoitus = defence function

tällainen = this kind of

lättäkala = marine hatchetfishes, bottlelight, constallationfish

eräänlainen = a kind of

namiointitapa = way of disguise

pyrkiä = to strive, to endeavor, 

suojata = to protect, to shield

alapuoli = the underside or underneath of something

aiheuttaa = to cause, to result in, to produce, to inspire, to awaken

varjo = shade, shadow; short form of umbrella

elin = organ (of an organism)

alaspäin = downwards

säätää = to adjust, to regulate, to tune; to enact, to prescribe

määrä = amount, quantity; count, number

pinta = surface

ansiosta = because of, due to

saalistaja = predator

näkymätön = invisible

käärmetähdet = brittle star (creature closely related to sea star)

irrottaa = to loosen, to free, to detach, to unfasten, to undo

merimakkara = sea cucumber

ryömiä = to crawl, to creep

turva = protection, safety, security (feeling of being safe)

keijusto (or plankton) = plankton

puolestaan = for one’s part, as far as one is concerned, for oneself

uhattu = threatened 

paeta = to run away from, to flee from; to escape, to get away

joutua = to get (into a negative situation); to be forced (to do something)

peto = meat-eating beast, carnivore 

krottikala = anglerfish

yläosa = top

uloke = appendedge, projection

valaista = to illuminate, to light up, to shed light on

haukka = bite

kitakalat = stomiidae

saalis = prey, catch

etsiminen = searching

säteillä = to radiate

minkä takia = what for

parittelukumppani = mating partner

sieni = mushroom

aine = matter, substance; subject (particular area of study)

lahottaminen = rotting

lahottaa = to rot, to decay

peikonkulta = foxfire

asti = up to, all the way up to, until; all the way from, since

kansanperinne = folklore

vesisäihky = milky seas effect, mareel

Since this was a really long word list, there is definitely at least one mistake in it, so if you find some, let me know so I can correct it :)