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nocturnal

[ nok-tur-nl ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the night ( diurnal ).
  2. done, occurring, or coming at night:

    nocturnal visit.

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  3. active at night ( diurnal ):

    nocturnal animals.

  4. opening by night and closing by day, as certain flowers ( diurnal ).


noun

  1. Archaic. an astrolabe for telling time at night or for determining latitude by the position of certain stars in reference to Polaris.

nocturnal

/ 苍蓲办藞迟蓽藧苍蓹濒 /

adjective

  1. of, used during, occurring in, or relating to the night
  2. (of animals) active at night
  3. (of plants) having flowers that open at night and close by day
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

nocturnal

  1. Occurring at night.
  2. Most active at night. Many animals, such as owls and bats, are nocturnal.
  3. Having flowers that open during the night and close at daylight. Nocturnal plants are often pollinated by moths.
  4. Compare diurnal
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Derived Forms

  • 藢苍辞肠迟耻谤藞苍补濒颈迟测, noun
  • 苍辞肠藞迟耻谤苍补濒濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 苍辞肠顎卼耻谤路苍补濒顎僫路迟测 noun
  • 苍辞肠路迟耻谤顎僴补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 苍辞苍顎卬辞肠路迟耻谤顎僴补濒 adjective
  • non顎叢源浅β烦俪馨僴补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 蝉别尘顎卛路苍辞肠路迟耻谤顎僴补濒 adjective
  • 耻苍顎卬辞肠路迟耻谤顎僴补濒 adjective
  • un顎叢源浅β烦俪馨僴补濒路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of nocturnal1

From the Late Latin word 苍辞肠迟耻谤苍腻濒颈蝉, dating back to 1475鈥85. See nocturn, -al 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of nocturnal1

C15: from Late Latin 苍辞肠迟耻谤苍腻濒颈蝉, from Latin nox night
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Artificial light that hampers nocturnal pollinators reduces plant reproductive success and fruit production.

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WWF describes them as solitary, elusive and nocturnal and rarely spotted by humans.

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The least nocturnal puma tracked was P-13, a female with a home range in the central and western Santa Monicas.

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Mice are nocturnal and are "polyphasic sleepers" -- napping for a few minutes before arousing briefly to survey their environment and then resuming their slumber.

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Four closely related civets, a small nocturnal animal found in Africa and Asia, have made the same geographical area in the rainforests of Borneo home.

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