| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| fluvial |
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| SYLLABICATION: | flu·vi·al |
| PRONUNCIATION: | fl v - l |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Of, relating to, or inhabiting a river or stream. 2. Produced by the action of a river or stream. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Latin fluvi lis, from fluvius, river, from fluere, to flow. See bhleu- in Appendix I.
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