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phosphorescence
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Lord of the Flies
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The edge of the lagoon became a streak of phosphorescence which advanced minutely, as the great wave of the tide flowed.
p. 153.8 *

phosphorescence = dim glowing light
The line of phosphorescence bulged about the sand grains and little pebbles; it held them each in a dimple of tension, then suddenly accepted them with an inaudible syllable and moved on.†
p. 153.9
Occasionally they sang softly; occasionally they turned cartwheels down by the moving streak of phosphorescence.†
p. 168.8

Definitions:

(1) (phosphorescence)
a soft, dim glow that comes either from a chemical reaction in a living thing or from something that keeps glowing after the light shining on it is gone
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)