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Light-producing; of or pertaining to pyrophorus.

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  1. a. Light-producing; of or pertaining to pyrophorus.
  2. Light-producing; of or pertaining to pyrophorus. Pyrophoric iron (Chem.), finely reduced iron, which ignites spontaneously on contact with air.