of, or growing in or under, snow
Origin of nival
Classical Latin nivalis from nix (gen. nivis), snow)nival
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nival
adjective
Relating to, growing in or under, or living on snow cover: nival fauna.
Origin of nival
Latin nivālis from nix niv- snow ; see sneigwh- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adjective
(comparative more nival, superlative most nival)
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