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nocturnal
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As an adjective, nocturnal means primarily active during the night. As a noun, it means a person or creature that is active at night.
Meanings of nocturnal
5 meaningsadjective
of a personcreaturegroupspeciesPrimarily active during the night.
“nocturnal birds”
of an occurrenceTaking place at night, nightly.
“a suspicious nocturnal outing”
Of or relating to or occurring in the night
“nocturnal darkness”
noun
A person or creature that is active at night.
Older and rare meanings (1)
historicalA device for telling the time at night, rather like a sundial but read according to the stars.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
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