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A fluviatilis
Note: The common or sea lamprey of America and Europe (Petromyzon marinus), which in spring ascends rivers to spawn, is considered excellent food by many, and is sold as a market fish in some localities. The smaller river lampreys mostly belong to the genus Ammoc[oe]les, or Lampetra, as A. fluviatilis, of Europe, and A. [ae]pypterus of America. All lampreys attach themselves to other fishes, as parasites, by means of the suckerlike mouth.
Ammocoetes or Lampetra fluviatilis
Lampern Lam"pern, n. [See Lamprey.] (Zo["o]l.) The river lamprey (Ammoc[oe]tes, or Lampetra, fluviatilis). Note: The name is also applied to other river lampreys.
Effluvia
Effluvium Ef*flu"vi*um, n.; pl. Effluvia. [L., a flowing out, fr. effluere to flow out. See Effluent, a.] Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage.
Effluviable
Effluviable Ef*flu"vi*a*ble, a. Capable of being given off as an effluvium. ``Effluviable matter.' --Boyle.
Effluvial
Effluvial Ef*flu"vi*al, a. Belonging to effluvia.
Effluviate
Effluviate Ef*flu"vi*ate, v. i. To give forth effluvium. [R.] ``An effluviating power.' --Boyle.
Effluvium
Effluvium Ef*flu"vi*um, n.; pl. Effluvia. [L., a flowing out, fr. effluere to flow out. See Effluent, a.] Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage.
Fluvial
Fluvial Flu"vi*al, a. [L. fluvialis, from fluvius river, fr. fluere to flow: cf.F. fluvial. See Fluent.] Belonging to rivers; growing or living in streams or ponds; as, a fluvial plant.
Fluvialist
Fluvialist Flu"vi*al*ist, n. One who exlpains geological phenomena by the action of streams. [R.]
Fluviatic
Fluviatic Flu`vi*at"ic, a. [L. fluviaticus. See Fluvial.] Belonging to rivers or streams; fluviatile. --Johnson.
Fluviatile
Fluviatile Flu"vi*a*tile, a. [L. fluviatilis, fr. fluvius river: cf. F. fluviatile.] Belonging to rivers or streams; existing in or about rivers; produced by river action; fluvial; as, fluviatile starta, plants. --Lyell.
Fluviograph
Fluviograph Flu"vi*o*graph, n. [L. fluvius river + -graph.] An instrument for measuring and recording automatically the rise and fall of a river.
Fluvio-marine
Fluvio-marine Flu`vi*o-ma*rine", a. [L. fluvius river + E. marine.] (Geol.) Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea, as deposits at the mouths of rivers.
Fluviometer
Fluviometer Flu`vi*om"e*ter, n. [L. fluvius river + -meter.] An instrument for measuring the height of water in a river; a river gauge.
Gobio fluviatilis
Gudgeon Gud"geon, n. [OE. gojon, F. goujon, from L. gobio, or gob, Gr. ? Cf. 1st Goby. ] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons. 2. What may be got without skill or merit. Fish not, with this melancholy bait, For this fool gudgeon, this opinion. --Shak. 3. A person easily duped or cheated. --Swift. 4. (Mach.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal. 6. (Naut.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder. Ball gudgeon. See under Ball.
P fluviatilis
Perch Perch (p[~e]rch), n. [Written also pearch.] [OE. perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. pe`rkh; cf. perkno`s dark-colored, Skr. p[.r][,c]ni spotted, speckled, and E. freckle.] (Zo["o]l.) 1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percid[ae], as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, or Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis). 2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percid[ae], Serranid[ae], and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches. Black perch. (a) The black bass. (b) The flasher. (c) The sea bass. Blue perch, the cunner. Gray perch, the fresh-water drum. Red perch, the rosefish. Red-bellied perch, the long-eared pondfish. Perch pest, a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of the perch. Silver perch, the yellowtail. Stone, or Striped, perch, the pope. White perch, the Roccus, or Morone, Americanus, a small silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast.

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