#287 crepuscular

crepuscular- of or like twilight; dim; certain insects, birds...active at twilight or just before dawn

C17 from Latin crepusculum dusk, from creper dark

Boars are crepuscular, that is they forage from dusk until dawn and they are the only hoofed animals known to dig burrows.

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