Definition of Pluvialis

1. Noun. Golden plovers.

Exact synonyms: Genus Pluvialis
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Charadriidae, Family Charadriidae
Member holonyms: Golden Plover

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pluvialis

Plumeria alba
Plumiera
Plummer's dilator
Plumularia
Plutarch
Plutarchian
Plutarchs
Pluteaceae
Pluteus aurantiorugosus
Pluteus cervinus
Pluteus magnus
Pluto
Plutonian
Plutonians
Plutophile
Pluvialis
Pluvianus
Pluvianus aegyptius
Pluviose
Pluviôse
Plymouth
Plymouth Colony
Plymouth Rock
Plzen
Pneumocystis carinii
Pneumonyssus simicola
Pneumovax
Pnom Penh
Pnyx
Po

Literary usage of Pluvialis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OP pluvialis. a. Axillare and under wing-coverts white. (Europe and western Asia, south in winter to northern Africa, ..."

2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1893)
"Line forming a row of elliptical blue spots. A slight subdorsal orange band, - fragilis, Str. A heavy orange band, - pluvialis, Dyar. ..."

3. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland: Parts 1-4 by William Jardine (1866)
"... has no white on the forehead, and very few light markings on the crown or centre of the back. THE GOLDEN PLOVER, SQUATAROLA pluvialis. ..."

4. Textbook of Elementary Biology by Henry Johnstone Campbell (1893)
"... or Haematococcus pluvialis, is not quite so common, but it is very frequently found in water-butts, shallow pools, etc.; ..."

5. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OP pluvialis. a. Axillare and under wing-coverts white. (Europe and western Asia, south in winter to northern Africa, ..."

6. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1893)
"Line forming a row of elliptical blue spots. A slight subdorsal orange band, - fragilis, Str. A heavy orange band, - pluvialis, Dyar. ..."

7. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland: Parts 1-4 by William Jardine (1866)
"... has no white on the forehead, and very few light markings on the crown or centre of the back. THE GOLDEN PLOVER, SQUATAROLA pluvialis. ..."

8. Textbook of Elementary Biology by Henry Johnstone Campbell (1893)
"... or Haematococcus pluvialis, is not quite so common, but it is very frequently found in water-butts, shallow pools, etc.; ..."

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