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nyctalops

nyctalops · adj

That cannot see in the twilight

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

nyctălops — Lewis & Short

nyctălops, ōpis, adj., = nukta/lwy.

I That cannot see in the twilight, Plin. 28, 11, 47, § 170; 8, 50, 76, § 203; Dig. 21, 1, 10. —

II That sees only at night: nyctalopas, qui per noctem vident et per diem obscuritatem patiuntur, Theod. Prisc. 1, 10.—

III The plant nyctegretos, Plin. 21, 11, 36, § 62.

In the wild

nyctalops Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.21.p47

Where it came from

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