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pulveratricious

pulveratricious adjective: nesting on the ground.

Adjective

pulveratricious (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) nesting on the ground
    • a thick Membrane connects the Toes, which is not found in any other of the pulveratricious Birds; the Legs are armed with the Spurs ſhort ſharp and black.1738, Eleazar Albin, William Derham, A natural history of birds, The Pheaſant. Phaſianus

Questions about pulveratricious

What does pulveratricious mean?
Pulveratricious means nesting on the ground.
What part of speech is pulveratricious?
Pulveratricious is an adjective.

Words near pulveratricious in the dictionary

  1. pulverated
  2. pulverates
  3. pulverating
  4. pulverator
  5. pulverators
  6. pulveratricious
  7. pulvered
  8. pulverin
  9. pulverine
  10. pulvering
  11. pulverisable

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