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▪ I. palustral, a. rare.|pəˈlʌstrəl| [f. L. palustr-is pertaining to a marsh (f. palus marsh) + -al1.] Pertaining to or inhabiting marshes; paludal. So paˈlustrian a. (n.); paˈlustrine a.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 162 The Palustrains or Marishie Elephants are hair-brained and inconstant. 1787W. Marshall Norfolk I. 311 Palustrean productions. 1879Webster Suppl., Palustral, pertaining to a bog or marsh. 1882Ogilvie (Annandale) Suppl., Palustrine. 1900Brit. Med. Jrnl. No. 2041. 301 All the palustral mosquitos are not malarial. ▪ II. palustral, -tre obs. erron. ff. palæstral, -tra. |