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crepusculous |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crepuscular \Cre*pus"cu*lar\ (-k?-l?r), Crepusculous \Cre*pus"cu*lous\ (-l?s), a. [Cf. F. cr['e]pusculaire.] 1. Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; hence imperfectly clear or luminous. This semihistorical and crepuscular period. --Sir G. C. Lewis. 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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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