nocturnal

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As an adjective nocturnal is

primarily active during the night.

As adjectives the difference between nocturnal and noctivagant

is that nocturnal is primarily active during the night while noctivagant is walking or wandering in the nighttime.

As an adjective nocturnal

is primarily active during the night.

As a noun hornbug is

a large nocturnal beetle of the genus lucanus , with long, curved upper jaws resembling a sickle, and whose grubs are found in the trunks of old trees.

As an adjective nocturnal

is primarily active during the night.

As a noun nocturnalist is

a creature of nocturnal habits.

As adjectives the difference between nocturnal and nightish

is that nocturnal is primarily active during the night while nightish is of or pertaining to night; nocturnal.

As an adjective nocturnal

is primarily active during the night.

As a noun frogmouth is

any of several nocturnal, insectivorous birds, of the family podargidae, native to australia and southern asia.

As adjectives the difference between nocturnal and nonnocturnal

is that nocturnal is primarily active during the night while nonnocturnal is not nocturnal.

As an adjective nocturnal

is primarily active during the night.

As a noun oilbird is

, a nocturnal south american bird related to the nightjars that feeds on the fruit of the oil palm and tropical laurels.

As adjectives the difference between nocturnal and prosimian

is that nocturnal is primarily active during the night while prosimian is of or from the prosimian suborder of primates.

As a noun prosimian is

a primate that is not a monkey or an ape, generally nocturnal with large eyes and ears such primates were formerly grouped in the suborder , but are now considered a paraphyletic group and not a clade.