English Explanatory Dictionary

nyctophile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who loves the night or darkness.
  2. Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.

Word forms

nyctophile nyctophiles

Etymology

From nycto- (“night”) + -phile.

Synonyms

nyctophiliac

Antonyms

nyctophobe

Related words

nyctophilia nyctophilic heliophile photophile
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