crepuscular : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crepuscular	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for crepuscular
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crepuscular adj like twilight; dim; "the evening's crepuscular charm"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crepuscular \Crepus"cular\ (-k?-l?r), Crepusculous \Crepus"culous\ (-l?s), a. [Cf. F. cr[82]pusculaire.] 1. Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; hence, imperfectly clear or luminous. This semihistorical and crepuscular period. --Sir G. C. Lewis. 2. (Zo[94]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.