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pluvialine, a. Ornith.|ˈpluːvɪəlaɪn|
[f. mod.L. Pluviālēs, the group of the plovers and allied birds, rain-birds, pl. of pluviālis rainy, as n. a plover or rain-bird, whence specific name of the Golden plover, Charadrius pluvialis: see ine1.]
Pertaining to a plover, resembling the plovers.
1872E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 239 The pluvialine and scolopacine birds form the bulk of the division. 1890in Cent. Dict. |