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A fluviatilis Note: The common or sea lamprey of America and Europe
(Petromyzon marinus), which in spring ascends rivers
to spawn, is considered excellent food by many, and is
sold as a market fish in some localities. The smaller
river lampreys mostly belong to the genus
Ammoc[oe]les, or Lampetra, as A. fluviatilis, of
Europe, and A. [ae]pypterus of America. All lampreys
attach themselves to other fishes, as parasites, by
means of the suckerlike mouth. AlluviaAlluvium Al*lu"vi*um, n.; pl. E. Alluviums, L. Alluvia.
[L., neut. of alluvius. See Alluvious.] (Geol.)
Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported
matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land
not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or
seas. --Lyell. Alluvial
Alluvial Al*lu"vi*al, n.
Alluvial soil; specif., in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial
soil.
AlluvialAlluvial Al*lu"vi*al, a. [Cf. F. alluvial. See Alluvion.]
Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium;
relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away
from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil,
mud, accumulations, deposits. DiluviaDiluvium Di*lu"vi*um, n.; pl. E. Diluviums, L. Diluvia.
[L. diluvium. See Dilute, Deluge.] (Geol.)
A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc.,
caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of
glacial ice.
Note: The accumulation of matter by the ordinary operation of
water is termed alluvium. Diluvial
Diluvial Di*lu"vi*al, a. [L. diluvialis. fr. diluvium.]
1. Of or pertaining to a flood or deluge, esp. to the great
deluge in the days of Noah; diluvian.
2. (Geol.) Effected or produced by a flood or deluge of
water; -- said of coarse and imperfectly stratified
deposits along ancient or existing water courses. Similar
unstratified deposits were formed by the agency of ice.
The time of deposition has been called the Diluvian epoch.
Diluvialist
Diluvialist Di*lu"vi*al*ist, n.
One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge.
--Lyell.
Diluvian
Diluvian Di*lu"vi*an, a. [Cf. F. diluvien.]
Of or pertaining to a deluge, esp. to the Noachian deluge;
diluvial; as, of diluvian origin. --Buckland.
Diluviate
Diluviate Di*lu"vi*ate, v. i. [L. diluviare.]
To run as a flood. [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys.
EffluviaEffluvium Ef*flu"vi*um, n.; pl. Effluvia. [L., a flowing
out, fr. effluere to flow out. See Effluent, a.]
Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the
sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation;
as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from
ill drainage. Effluviable
Effluviable Ef*flu"vi*a*ble, a.
Capable of being given off as an effluvium. ``Effluviable
matter.' --Boyle.
Effluvial
Effluvial Ef*flu"vi*al, a.
Belonging to effluvia.
Effluviate
Effluviate Ef*flu"vi*ate, v. i.
To give forth effluvium. [R.] ``An effluviating power.'
--Boyle.
FluvialFluvial Flu"vi*al, a. [L. fluvialis, from fluvius river, fr.
fluere to flow: cf.F. fluvial. See Fluent.]
Belonging to rivers; growing or living in streams or ponds;
as, a fluvial plant. Fluvialist
Fluvialist Flu"vi*al*ist, n.
One who exlpains geological phenomena by the action of
streams. [R.]
FluviaticFluviatic Flu`vi*at"ic, a. [L. fluviaticus. See Fluvial.]
Belonging to rivers or streams; fluviatile. --Johnson. Fluviatile
Fluviatile Flu"vi*a*tile, a. [L. fluviatilis, fr. fluvius
river: cf. F. fluviatile.]
Belonging to rivers or streams; existing in or about rivers;
produced by river action; fluvial; as, fluviatile starta,
plants. --Lyell.
Gobio fluviatilisGudgeon Gud"geon, n. [OE. gojon, F. goujon, from L. gobio, or
gob, Gr. ? Cf. 1st Goby. ]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A small European freshwater fish (Gobio
fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and
often used for food and for bait. In America the
killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons.
2. What may be got without skill or merit.
Fish not, with this melancholy bait, For this fool
gudgeon, this opinion. --Shak.
3. A person easily duped or cheated. --Swift.
4. (Mach.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden
shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal,
or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge,
but esp. the end journal of a horizontal.
6. (Naut.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to
receive the pintle of the rudder.
Ball gudgeon. See under Ball. Ingluvial
Ingluvial In*glu"vi*al, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the indulges or crop of birds.
P fluviatilisPerch Perch (p[~e]rch), n. [Written also pearch.] [OE.
perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. pe`rkh; cf. perkno`s
dark-colored, Skr. p[.r][,c]ni spotted, speckled, and E.
freckle.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several
other allied genera of the family Percid[ae], as the
common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, or
Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).
2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes
belonging to the Percid[ae], Serranid[ae], and related
families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.
Black perch.
(a) The black bass.
(b) The flasher.
(c) The sea bass.
Blue perch, the cunner.
Gray perch, the fresh-water drum.
Red perch, the rosefish.
Red-bellied perch, the long-eared pondfish.
Perch pest, a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of
the perch.
Silver perch, the yellowtail.
Stone, or Striped, perch, the pope.
White perch, the Roccus, or Morone, Americanus, a small
silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast. PluvialPluvial Plu"vi*al, a. [L. pluvialis, fr. pluvia rain: cf. F.
pluvial. See Plover.]
1. Of or pertaining to rain; rainy. [R.]
2. (Geol.) Produced by the action of rain. PluviameterPluviameter Plu`vi*am"e*ter, n.
See Pluviometer. PluviametricalPluviametrical Plu`vi*a*met"ric*al, a.
See Pluviometrical. Pluvian
Pluvian Plu"vi*an, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The crocodile bird.
Postdiluvian
Postdiluvian Post`di*lu"vi*an, n.
One who lived after the flood.
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