NOCTURNAL

adj. No"kt-u8r'n'l. Gr., witrtpivos (from vv(, night). Lat., nocturn us (from nox. night). Fr.. nocturne. Ger.. ndchtlich. Pertaining to or occurring in the night, as opposed to day; of animals, active by night and torpid by day; of flowers, opening during the night and closed during the day. [B, 1 (o, 35); B, 28 (a, 27); a, 30.] [s. 110]