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“diurnation”
The habit of some animals, of sleeping, being dormant, or remaining quiescent during the day, as contrasted with their activities at night.
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-ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation)
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dies, di-, die-, -diem, diurn-
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