- Pelusiac
- Pelusiac Pe*lu"si*ac, a. [L. Pelusiacus.] Of or pertaining to Pelusium, an ancient city of Egypt; as, the Pelusiac (or former eastern) outlet of the Nile. [1913 Webster]
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