"nyctophile" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: nyctophiles [plural]
Etymology: From nycto- (“night”) + -phile. Etymology templates: {{af|en|nycto-|-phile|t1=night}} nycto- (“night”) + -phile Head templates: {{en-noun}} nyctophile (plural nyctophiles)
  1. Someone who loves the night or darkness. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: nyctophiliac
    Sense id: en-nyctophile-en-noun-AmhUK8HN Disambiguation of People: 69 31 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with nycto- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with nycto-: 46 54
  2. (zoology, archaic) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-nyctophile-en-noun-lVApMuNW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with nycto-, English terms suffixed with -phile Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with nycto-: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -phile: 25 75 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: nyctophilia, nyctophilic, heliophile, photophile

Inflected forms

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