nictemeral

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nictemeral

adjective nycthemeral · nychthemeral · nyctohemeral

  1. not comparable Varying regularly with a day/night cycle; diurnal; circadian. To cope with daily variation of environmental parameters, talitrids evolved a migratory behaviour, synchronized with tidal and nictemeral cycles, that enable them to locate the suitable patches of habitat on the shore (Pardi and Ercolini 1986).

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adj varying regularly with a day/night cycle

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@misc{nictemeral_2026,
  title = {nictemeral},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nictemeral},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}