nictálope

Borrowed from Latin nyctalōpem (“that cannot see in twilight, that sees only at night”), from Ancient Greek νυκτάλωψ (nuktálōps), from νύξ (núx, “night”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “sight”).

• IPA^(key): /niɡˈtalope/ [niɣ̞ˈt̪a.lo.pe]
• Rhymes: -alope
• Syllabification: nic‧tá‧lo‧pe

nictálope m or f (masculine and feminine plural nictálopes)

1. (medicine) nyctalopic

• hemerálope

• “nictálope”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024