pluvialiform

pluvialiform, a. Ornith.

(pluːvɪˈælɪfɔːm)

[ad. mod. ornith. L. Pluviāliformēs, pl. of Pluviāliformis, f. Pluviālis plover: see next and -form.]

Of or pertaining to the Pluvialiformes, a series of swimming and wading birds related to the plovers; having the form or character of the plover family.

in Cent. Dict.