nocturnal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Days & times of day
afternoon
afternoons
all day
am
arvo
happy hour
high noon
hour
in broad daylightidiom
in the dead of night/winteridiom
night
noontime
o'clock
office hours
opening time
overnight
the witching hour
twilit
workday
working day
Examples of matutinal
matutinal
Special classes of crepuscular behaviour include
matutinal (or matinal) and vespertine, denoting species active only in the dawn or only in the dusk, respectively.
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A related term is
matutinal, referring only to activity limited to dawn twilight.
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