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.
| 1840 Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 73 The Nyctophilets..are, according to Temminck, somewhat intermediate to the Rhinol[o]phines and the next genus of Nycterins. |