pluvialine, a. Ornith.
(ˈpluːvɪəlaɪn)
[f. mod.L. Pluviālēs, the group of the plovers and allied birds, rain-birds, pl. of pluviālis rainy, as n. a plover or rain-bird, whence specific name of the Golden plover, Charadrius pluvialis: see ine1.]
Pertaining to a plover, resembling the plovers.
| 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 239 The pluvialine and scolopacine birds form the bulk of the division. 1890 in Cent. Dict. |