1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Crepuscular

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22849301911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 7 — Crepuscular

CREPUSCULAR (from Lat. crepusculum, twilight), of or belonging to the twilight, hence indistinct or glimmering; in zoology the word is used of animals that appear before sunrise or nightfall.