Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
like twilight;
dim;
- Example: "the evening's crepuscular charm"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Crepuscular \Cre*pus"cu*lar\ (-k?-l?r), Crepusculous
\Cre*pus"cu*lous\ (-l?s), a. [Cf. F. cr['e]pusculaire.]
1. Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; hence, imperfectly
clear or luminous.
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This semihistorical and crepuscular period. --Sir G.
C. Lewis.
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2. (Zool.) Flying in the twilight or evening, or before
sunrise; -- said certain birds and insects.
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Others feed only in the twilight, as bats and owls,
and are called crepuscular. --Whewell.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
crepuscular
adj 1: like twilight; dim; "the evening's crepuscular charm"