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Not I; nor I. [Obs.]

Nigh. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Nias.

A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness.

One afflicted with nyctalopia.

Same as Nyctalopia.

The natural day and night, or space of twenty-four hours.

A South American bird of the genus Nyctibius, allied to the goatsuckers.

Turning or bending at night into special positions.

The tendency of certain plant organs, as leaves, to assume special "sleeping" positions or make curvatures under the influence of darkness. It is well illustrated in the leaflets of clover and other leguminous plants.

Any Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus, having a very simple nasal appendage.

A brood or flock of pheasants.

A carnivorous mannual (Helictis moscatus, or H. orientalis), native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a dorsal white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It has a strong musky odor.

ir on the throat. The general color is grayish brown. [Written also neelghau, nilgau, and nylghaie.]

A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters. Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas Milton.

Same as Nymph, 3.

A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus.

Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs; nymphean.

An extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; -- called also brush-footed butterflies.

Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, nymphs; inhabited by nymphs; as, a nymphean cave.