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Webster 1913 Edition


Paludal

Pa-lu′dal

,
Adj.
[L.
palus
,
-udis
, a marsh.]
Of or pertaining to marshes or fens; marshy.
[R.]
Paludal fever
,
malarial fever; – so called because generated in marshy districts.

Definition 2024


paludal

paludal

English

Adjective

paludal (comparative more paludal, superlative most paludal)

  1. pertaining to marshes, marshy, palustral, especially designating a plant's habitat
    • 1936: Omega-Froid running out through the Gulf Stream into the paludal bed of the Sargasso Sea, running through the marsupials and the foraminifera — Henry Miller, Black Spring

Spanish

Adjective

paludal m, f (plural paludales)

  1. paludal, palustral