- Crepusculous
- Crepuscular Cre*pus"cu*lar (-k?-l?r), Crepusculous
Cre*pus"cu*lous (-l?s), a. [Cf. F. cr['e]pusculaire.]
1. Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; hence, imperfectly
clear or luminous.
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This semihistorical and crepuscular period. --Sir G. C. Lewis. [1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.) Flying in the twilight or evening, or before sunrise; -- said certain birds and insects. [1913 Webster]
Others feed only in the twilight, as bats and owls, and are called crepuscular. --Whewell. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
