2. (Zo["o]l.) The condition of sleeping or becoming dormant by day, as is the case of the bats. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
diurnation — ˌdī(ˌ)ərˈnāshən noun ( s) Etymology: Latin diurnus of the day, daily + English ation (as in hibernation) more at journal 1. : the habit of sleeping or being quiescent by day … Useful english dictionary
diurnation — di·ur·na·tion … English syllables
diurnation — To sleep during the day … Grandiloquent dictionary
diurnal — a. daily; of a day or daylight; lasting one day; Botany, applied to flowers opening by day only. ♦ diurnation, n. sleeping or torpidity during daylight … Dictionary of difficult words
