pulveratricious

English

Adjective

pulveratricious (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, rare, of birds) nesting on the ground
   • 1738, Eleazar Albin, William Derham, A natural history of birds, The Pheaſant. Phaſianus:

     a thick Membrane connects the Toes, which is not found in any other of the pulveratricious Birds; the Legs are armed with the Spurs ſhort ſharp and black.