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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
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Portuguese
Adjective
nictemeral m or f (plural nictemerais)
- nictemeral (varying regularly with a day-night cycle)