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diluvial

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Diluvial \Di*lu"vi*al\, a. [L. diluvialis. fr. diluvium.]
   1. Of or pertaining to a flood or deluge, esp. to the great
      deluge in the days of Noah; diluvian.

   2. (Geol.) Effected or produced by a flood or deluge of
      water; -- said of coarse and imperfectly stratified
      deposits along ancient or existing water courses. Similar
      unstratified deposits were formed by the agency of ice.
      The time of deposition has been called the Diluvian epoch.

Source : WordNet®

diluvial
     adj : of or connected with a deluge [syn: {diluvian}]
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