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nocturnal
Adjective
  • Primarily active during the night. of a person, creature, group, or species
  • Taking place at night, nightly. of an occurrence
Noun
  • A person or creature that is active at night.
  • A device for telling the time at night, rather like a sundial but read according to the stars. historical