Upper-Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #909 of 1319

nocturnal (adj.)

active at night

Examples

  • Owls are nocturnal.

Key rules

  • Nocturnal means active at night
  • A nocturnal animal, nocturnal habits
  • Nocturnally is the adverb

Common mistakes

  • Owls are nocturnally → Owls are nocturnal
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