fluviatile
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fluviatile
1590–1600; < Latin fluviātilis, equivalent to fluvi- ( see fluvial) + -ātil ( is ) association suffix
Example Sentences
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The river crab, Potamon fluviatile, sneaks along streams throughout much of Italy, Greece and nearby Malta, Albania, Croatia and Macedonia.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2012
In habits these dolphins are fluviatile or estuarine.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
It is a novel experience to us to glide along the still reaches among these fluviatile greenwoods.
From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by Hay, William Delisle
They are the fluviatile boatmen of South America.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
Showers of ashes, thrown out by some of the last eruptions of the Eifel volcanoes, fell during the deposition of this fluviatile silt, and were interstratified with it.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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