crepuscular

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The researchers also suggest that visual behavioural displays during certain conditions of ambient light, such as the crepuscular light of dawn and dusk, could also serve as additional cues for social communication by nocturnal species.

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  1. adjective Of or like twilight; dim: "the period's crepuscular charm and a waning of the intense francophilia that used to shape the art market” (Wall Street Journal).
  2. adjective Zoology Becoming active at twilight or before sunrise, as do bats and certain insects and birds.

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  • Just discovered this site, Wordie, which has all sorts of interesting lists with words like louche and crepuscular, and comments like this one about the word rumored:A highly unusual verb in Present-day English: it has only this one verb form.
  • As dust lifted and danced in the spear of sunlight pouring through the glassless window, reason felt as gossamer as the crepuscular rays pouring over Juliette's face and hair. —  New Page 1
  • While most moths fly at night, there are several daytime and crepuscular (dawn and dusk) species in the area. —  Museum Blogs
  • Woodcocks are crepuscular, Shull said, using a term that means they grow active in early morning and twilight. —  Sports news from standardspeaker.com
  • The researchers also suggest that visual behavioural displays during certain conditions of ambient light, such as the crepuscular light of dawn and dusk, could also serve as additional cues for social communication by nocturnal species. —  EurekAlert! - Breaking News
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  1. = French crépusculaire = Spanish Portuguese crepuscular, from Latin crepuscularis, from crepusculum, twilight: see crepuscle.
 

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