† pluvialiformadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: pluvialine adj., -iform comb. form.

Etymology: < pluvial- (in pluvialine adj.) + -iform comb. form, after scientific Latin Pluvialiformes, group name (1890 or earlier). N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (plūviæ·lifǭɹm) /pluːvɪˈælɪfɔːm/.

Ornithology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

Having the form of a plover; spec. of or relating to a former group Pluvialiformes comprising the plovers and some other wading and swimming birds.

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1890 Cent. Dict. 4572/2 Pluvialiform, plover-like; pluvialine; charadriomorphic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	pluvialiform
释义	† pluvialiformadj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: pluvialine adj., -iform comb. form. Etymology: < pluvial- (in pluvialine adj.) + -iform comb. form, after scientific Latin Pluvialiformes, group name (1890 or earlier). N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (plūviæ·lifǭɹm) /pluːvɪˈælɪfɔːm/. Ornithology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. Having the form of a plover; spec. of or relating to a former group Pluvialiformes comprising the plovers and some other wading and swimming birds. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. 4572/2 Pluvialiform, plover-like; pluvialine; charadriomorphic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1890
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