nictemeral

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nictemeral (not comparable)

  1. Varying regularly with a day/night cycle; diurnal; circadian.
    • 2012, F.M. Faranda, Mediterranean Ecosystems: Structures and Processes, page 392:
      To cope with daily variation of environmental parameters, talitrids evolved a migratory behaviour, synchronized with tidal and nictemeral cycles, that enable them to locate the suitable patches of habitat on the shore (Pardi and Ercolini 1986).

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nictemeral m or f (plural nictemerais, comparable)

  1. nictemeral (varying regularly with a day-night cycle)
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