Crepuscular

Definition of Crepuscular

Cre`pus´cu`lar   Pronunciation: ~k?-l?r
a.1.Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; hence, imperfectly clear or luminous.
This semihistorical and crepuscular period.
- Sir G. C. Lewis.
2.(Zool.) Flying in the twilight or evening, or before sunrise; - said certain birds and insects.
Others feed only in the twilight, as bats and owls, and are called crepuscular.
- Whewell.

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