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
The shells now arranged under the kindred genera of Unio and Anodon are exclusively fluviatile, or inhabitants of fresh water, and are dispersed both in the old and the new world.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
A lake or inlet formed by the encroachments of the sea, and the deposits of fluviatile action.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
Germany and the Miocene of the Danube valley is also in part marine, but in central Germany it is of fluviatile or lacustrine origin.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various
As it goes on deepening the bed or valley through which it flows, it will deposit other fluviatile strata at a lower level beside its new bed.
From The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Nicholson, Henry Alleyne
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