Diurnal [adjective]
Definition of Diurnal:
constant, lasting
Sentence/Example of Diurnal:
The diurnal rotation of the Earth is effected round this axis.
He accomplishes his diurnal revolution in less than ten hours!
A son of the first king suggested the plan of giving the sun diurnal movement and the changing light.
Drymobius margaritiferus margaritiferus is diurnal and terrestrial; it feeds on frogs at the edges of breeding ponds by day.
All of these are diurnal, and all but Laemanctus have been observed sleeping on bushes at night.
In India winter is the time of year at which the larger birds of prey, both diurnal and nocturnal, rear up their broods.
Spin a top and note how its rapid whirl about its axis corresponds to the earth's diurnal rotation.
Nor do the vultures, but a large proportion of the diurnal raptores leaves the plains of India in the spring.
The first of these are called angular pup, and are confined to the Butterfly or diurnal tribes.
I discovered a diurnal moth that possessed a most powerful and delicious scent.