fluviatile
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fluviatile
1590–1600; < Latin fluviātilis, equivalent to fluvi- ( see fluvial) + -ātil ( is ) association suffix
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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
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 are the fluviatile boatmen of South America.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
The important fact to remember about these fluviatile deposits is this—that here the ordinary geological rule is reversed.
From The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Henry Alleyne Nicholson
Occasionally lacustrine and fluviatile shells, insects, or the bones of amphibious or land reptiles, point to the 189 same conclusion.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
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