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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: nocturnal (0.02976 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to nocturnal.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: nocturnal
nocturnal
adj 1: belonging to or active during the night;
“nocturnal animals
are active at night”;
“nocturnal plants have flowers
that open at night and close by day” [ant:
diurnal]
2: of or relating to or occurring in the night;
“nocturnal
darkness”
3: of or during or relating to the night;
“a nocturnal
journey”;
“nocturnal stillness”;
“nocturnal predators”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Nocturnal
Nocturnal
\Noc*tur"nal\, a. [L. nocturnalis, nocturnus, fr. nox,
noctis, night. See
Night, and cf.
Nocturn.]
1. Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as,
nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc.; -- opposed to
diurnal. --Dryden.
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2. Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night;
as, nocturnal birds and insects; raccoons are nocturnal.;
-- of animals.
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Nocturnal
\Noc*tur"nal\, n.
An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the
stars, etc., at sea. --I. Watts.
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