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A person or creature that is active at night. / (historical) A device for telling the time at night, rather like a sundial but read according to the stars.

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nocturnal

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nocturnal

IPA(Pronunciation)

/nɒkˈtɜː(ɹ).nəl/

Noun

historical

A person or creature that is active at night. / (historical) A device for telling the time at night, rather like a sundial but read according to the stars.

Japanese Meaning

夜間に活動する人または動物（夜行性の生物） / （歴史的）夜に天体を利用して時刻を計測する装置

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A nocturnal padded across the rooftop, its silhouette lit by a sliver of moon.

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三日月の光に輪郭を照らされながら、夜行性の生き物が屋根を歩いていた。

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A person or creature that is active at night.

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(historical) A device for telling the time at night, rather like a sundial but read according to the stars.

A rather different instrument was the nocturnal: it enabled you to tell the time at night, provided you knew the date, from the position of the stars in the constellation of the Great Bear, which rotate around the Pole Star.

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nocturnals

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