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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: fluvialis, from fluvius 'river', from fluere 'to flow'

fluvial

 adjective
     
Related topics: Geology, Geography
flu‧vi‧al technical
SG relating to rivers or caused by rivers
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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