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   crepuscular

   /krɪˈpʌskjʊlə/

   adjective

   • 1. resembling or relating to twilight.
   • ▪ (of an animal) appearing or active in twilight.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin crepusculum ‘twilight’ + -ar1.

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   What is a crepuscular Twilight?

   • The adjective crepuscular describes anything that's related to twilight, like the crepuscular glow of the dimming light on a lake as darkness falls. If the light outside is fading, you can call it crepuscular. Anything that resembles dusk, or happens at that time of day, is crepuscular, whether it's gloomy indoor light or the sky at twilight.

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   What is crepuscular adjective?

   • Definition of crepuscular adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary related to the period of the evening when the sun has just gone down but there is still some light in the sky Topics Weather c2 The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.

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   What is a crepuscular animal?

   • The display is usually crepuscular, or given throughout moonlit nights. The animal is crepuscular, being most active in the early morning and late evening. Special classes of crepuscular behaviour include matutinal (or matinal) and vespertine, denoting species active only in the dawn or only in the dusk, respectively.

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   What are the different types of crepuscular behaviour?

   • Special classes of crepuscular behaviour include matutinal (or matinal) and vespertine, denoting species active only in the dawn or only in the dusk, respectively. Unlike many grasshoppers, it is essentially active in day and night, as testified by its endless crepuscular and nocturnal singing.

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   Crepuscular means relating to or like the time of day just before the sun goes down, when the light is not bright. It can also describe animals that are active or appearing at this time. See more details, synonyms, and examples from literature and biology.

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     CREPUSCULAR meaning: 1. relating to or like the time of day...

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     CREPUSCULAR translate: 拂曉的;黃昏的;昏暗的, （動物）晨昏活動型的. Learn more...

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   Crepuscular means of, relating to, or resembling twilight, or occurring or active during twilight. Learn the word history, examples, synonyms, and related articles of crepuscular from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   If the light outside is fading, you can call it crepuscular. Anything that resembles dusk, or happens at that time of day, is crepuscular, whether it's gloomy indoor light or the sky at twilight. Some animals are also crepuscular: they tend to be most active in the evening.

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   Crepuscular definition: of, relating to, or resembling twilight; dim; indistinct.. See examples of CREPUSCULAR used in a sentence.

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   Crepuscular means relating to twilight or dim, or active at twilight or just before dawn. Learn the word origin, synonyms, pronunciation, and usage of crepuscular with sentences and sources.

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   Crepuscular means of or like twilight, dim, or active at dawn or dusk. Find synonyms, antonyms, translations, and usage examples of crepuscular from various sources.

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