nocturnal
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Nocturnal animals obviously depend on having adequate darkness for the kind of eyesight they've evolved and the nighttime behavior they've evolved to carry out in the dark of night.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2025
He also starred in thriller Nocturnal Animals, which he won a Golden Globe for in 2017, Anna Karenina, Godzilla and Tenet.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2024
Nocturnal flying insects: Examples of nocturnal flying insects are moths, beetles and mosquitoes.
From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2023
Next, take a 15-minute sweaty aerobic session through the Nocturnal Wasteland looking more and more like an extended scene from “Mad Max: Fury Road.”
From Washington Times • Sep. 19, 2023
Nocturnal defense had ceased to be a concern after many successive nights of tranquil woodland repose.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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