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3 words match “PLUVIAL”

PLUVIAL a. 3 definitions
Of or pertaining to rain; rainy. [R.]
GOLDEN a.
several species of plovers, of the genus Charadrius, esp. the European (C. apricarius, or pluvialis; -- called also yellow, black-breasted hill, and whistling, plover. The common American species (C. dominicus) is also called frostbird, and bullhead. -- Golden robin. (Zoöl.) See Baltimore oriole, in Vocab. -- Golden…
PLUVIOUS a.
Abounding in rain; rainy; pluvial. Sir T. Browne.