crepuscular

From Latin crepusculum +‎ -ar.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɹɪˈpʌskjʊlə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kɹəˈpʌskjələɹ/

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crepuscular (comparative more crepuscular, superlative most crepuscular)

1. Of or resembling twilight; dim.
2. (zoology) Active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight.
   • 1999, J. Anne Helgren, Communicating with Your Cat, page 51, →ISBN

     That's why cats are crepuscular — most active at dawn and dusk — because mice and rats forage for food during these hours when fewer of their natural enemies are around.

• twilightish

• diurnal
• nocturnal

crepuscular (masculine and feminine plural crepusculars)

1. crepuscular

• crepuscle

crepuscular m or f (plural crepusculares)

1. crepuscular

• crepúsculo

crepuscular m or f (plural crepusculares, not comparable)

1. crepuscular

• crepúsculo

• IPA^(key): /kɾepuskuˈlaɾ/

crepuscular (plural crepusculares)

1. crepuscular

• crepúsculo

• “crepuscular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.