paludal

English

Etymology

From Latin palus (“marsh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈluːdəl/, /ˈpæljədəl/

Adjective

paludal (comparative more paludal, superlative most paludal)

1. pertaining to marshes, marshy, palustral, especially designating a plant's habitat
   • 1936, Henry Miller, “Jabberwhorl Cronstadt”, in Black Spring, Paris: The Obelisk Press […], →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, 1963, →ISBN, page 146:

     […] Omega-Froid running out through the Gulf Stream into the paludal bed of the Sargasso Sea, running through the marsupials and the foraminifera, […]

Synonyms

• marish, palustral, swampy; see also Thesaurus:marshy

Derived terms

• paludal fever

 

Spanish

Adjective

paludal m or f (masculine and feminine plural paludales)

1. paludal, palustral