acronycal

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄκρονυξ (ákronux, “nightfall”) +‎ -al, one of the three poetic times for the rising and setting of stars, along with cosmical and heliacal.

Adjective

acronycal (not comparable)

  1. (astronomy, of a star) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise

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