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Lucifugous

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a dislike of light, particularly from the sun.

    "Dracula is a lucifugous villain."

  2. 2
    nocturnal

    "Owls and bats and other such shy and lucifugous creatures."

Adjective
  1. 1
    light-avoiding wordnet

Etymology

From Latin lucifugus (“light-fleeing”), from lucere (“to shine”) + fugere (“to flee”). By surface analysis, luci- + -fugous.

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