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belonging to or active during the day; "diurnal animals are active during the day"; "diurnal flowers are open during the day and closed at night" having a daily cycle or occurring every day; "diurnal rhythms"; "diurnal rotation of the heavens"; "the diurnal slumber of bats"
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Active during the day, opposite of nocturnal, which means active during the night.
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Pertaining to the daylight hours; opposite of nocturnal
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Repeated or recurring daily. Having a daily cycle of completed actions in 24 hours and recurring every 24 hours. Thus, most reference is made to diurnal tasks, cycles, tides, or sunrise to sunset.
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Relating to the daytime; occurring during daylight hours (Morris 1992). A mammal that is active mostly during daylight hours is said to be diurnal. Voles tend to be diurnal rather than nocturnal which refers to the night.
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