Crepusculous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              This semihistorical and crepuscular period. --Sir G.
                                                    C. Lewis.
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     2. (Zool.) Flying in the twilight or evening, or before
        sunrise; -- said certain birds and insects.
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              Others feed only in the twilight, as bats and owls,
              and are called crepuscular.           --Whewell.
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