nictemeral

English

Adjective

nictemeral (not comparable)

Varying regularly with a day / night cycle; diurnal, circadian
- 2012, F.M. Faranda, Mediterranean Ecosystems: Structures and Processes, page 392:
  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).

Translations

varying regularly with a day / night cycle

Italian: nittemerale
Portuguese: nictemeral

Spanish: nictemeral

Anagrams

melitracen, mercantile

Portuguese

Adjective

nictemeral m, f (plural nictemerais, comparable)

nictemeral (varying regularly with a day-night cycle)

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