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Learned borrowing from Latin crepusculum + -ar.

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• (英国発音) IPA: /kɹɪˈpʌs.kjʊ.lə/
• (米国発音) IPA: /kɹɪˈpʌs.kjə.lɚ/
• 韻: -ʌskjʊlə(ɹ)

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crepuscular (comparative more crepuscular, superlative most crepuscular)

1. Of or resembling twilight; dim.

   Synonym: twilightish

2. (zoology) Active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight.
   • 1999, J. Anne Helgren, Communicating with Your Cat‎, →ISBN, page 51:

     That's why cats are crepuscular — most active at dawn and dusk — because mice and rats forage for food during these hours when fewer of their natural enemies are around.

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