CREPUSCULAR; CREPUSCULOUS

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; hence, imperfectly clear or luminous. This semihistorical and crepuscular period. Sir G. C. Lewis.

2.
a.

Flying in the twilight or evening, or before sunrise; -- said certain birds and insects. Others feed only in the twilight, as bats and owls, and are called crepuscular. Whewell.