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nycto-|ˈnɪktəʊ|
repr. Gr. νυκτο-, combining form of νυκτ-, νύξ night, used in a few scientific terms, as Nyctophilus, a genus of bats (hence nyctophilet, a bat of this genus); nyctophobia, fear of the night or of darkness; nyctophonia, loss of voice during the day; nyctotyphlosis, night-blindness.
1840Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 73 The Nyctophilets..are, according to Temminck, somewhat intermediate to the Rhinol[o]phines and the next genus of Nycterins. |