crepuscular

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Nightjars are crepuscular ground-nesting birds meaning they emerge at twilight and can be seen hunting for food at dusk and dawn.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

The catalog’s full-page reproductions, in spectacular colors or crepuscular monochromes, are frequently transporting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Horns enter and the song begins to feel like a futuristic take on the crepuscular, narcotic blues of Mingus’s “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat.”

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2023

For instance, ungulates, such as bison, and coyotes are generally crepuscular, or most active at dusk and dawn, whereas alligators are diurnal and nocturnal.

From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2022

And Daddy is smiling like he’s feeling the sun on his skin after a lifetime in a crepuscular cave.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone