crepuscular
/krəˈpʌskjəlɚ/
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Type
Adjective
- Formal
Meaning
(of animals) active mainly at dawn and dusk.
Many predatory mammals are crepuscular, hunting during the dim hours of dawn and dusk.
(literary) relating to twilight; dim.
We struggled to read the map in the crepuscular gloom of the dense forest.
How it's used
Used mainly in biology to describe animals that are active at dawn and dusk, and in descriptions of the sky, such as crepuscular rays. In literary writing it simply means dim or relating to twilight.
Collocations
- crepuscular species
- crepuscular activity
- crepuscular predators
- crepuscular rays
- crepuscular light
Synonyms
- twilight
- dim
- dusky
Antonyms
- diurnal