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Meaning
Adj
●
Happening or
occurring
during
daylight
, or
primarily
active
during that time.
●
In Botany:
Said of a
flower
open
, or
releasing
its
perfume
during
daylight
hours
, but not at night.
●
Having a
daily
cycle
that is
completed
every 24
hours
, usually
referring
to
tasks
,
processes
,
tides
, or
sunrise
to
sunset
; circadian.
●
Done once
every day
;
daily
, quotidian.
●
Published daily.
Noun
●
A
flower
that
opens
only in the day.
●
In Catholicism:
A
book
containing
canonical
offices
performed
during
the day
, hence not matins.
●
A
diary
or journal.
●
A
daily
news
publication.
Sourced from
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Origin
diurnal
English
diurnalis
Latin
dies
Latin
diurnus
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Antonyms
Nocturnal
Nightly
Nondiurnal
Related
Nocturnal
Crepuscular
Seasonally
Mammalian
Ectotherms
Photosynthetic
Monsoonal
Interannual
Basal
Insectivores
Herbivores
Rainfall
Carnivores
Seasonal
Enso
Diel
Cyclic
Biphasic
Convective
Latitudinal
Carnivorous
Omnivorous
Arboreal
Terrestrial
Decadal
Pelagic
Climatic
Solitary
Insectivorous
Migratory
Annual
Deciduous
Marine
Equatorial
Herbivorous
Circadian Rhythms
Phenotypic Plasticity
Night Owls
Ambush Predators
More
Rhymes
Diurnal
Internal
Coeternal
Sempiternal
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