Crepuscular

Describes (animals’) habit of being active at dawn and dusk. Many interesting and otherwise cute animals fall into this category, including most of the common companion animals (dog, cat, ferret, etc.). Besides, the word just has a certain ring to it.

Kat

February 29th, 2008 | February 29th, 2008 | % | (7 votes, average: 5.29 out of 10)
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2 comments to Crepuscular

• Emellia

  April 22, 2009 at 2:07 pm

  Is also used to describe things of, pertaining to or related to twilight :3

• Terry Bigham

  June 7, 2009 at 4:03 pm

  “crepuscular” comes from “crepuscule” for twilight; jazz legend Thelonious Monk titled one of his best-known piano pieces “Crepuscule with Nelle”. (Nelle was Monk’s wife)

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