fluviatile

American  

[floo-vee-uh-til, -tahyl] / ˈflu vi ə tɪl, -ˌtaɪl /

adjective

1. pertaining or peculiar to rivers; found in or near rivers.

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Etymology

Origin of fluviatile

1590–1600; < Latin fluviātilis, equivalent to fluvi- ( see fluvial) + -ātil ( is ) association suffix

Example Sentences

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

Of a still newer date is the Norwich Crag, a fluvio-marine deposit of the Pleiocene epoch, containing a mixture of marine, fluviatile, and land 143 shells, of which 90 per cent. or more are recent.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

These are in part of glacial origin, and contain Scandinavian boulders; but fluviatile and aeolian deposits also occur.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

They have been carried away grain by grain by the denuding forces—by weathering, rain, frost, and fluviatile and marine action.

From Geology by Geikie, James

"The spot on which they lie is within reach of the highest floods of the adjacent river, and the mud in which they are buried is evidently fluviatile."

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir