1 Do not bring any infected birds or animals on to your property. 2  The adult fleas may be controlled by smearing the infected parts of the birds with a non-burning greasy substance such as petroleum jelly (for example Vaseline).  Birds can also be treated with a 0.5 per cent solution of maldison.
Definition of impoverished. 1  1 : reduced to poverty : poor an impoverished family/community. 2  2 : exhausted of richness or fertility impoverished soils. 3  3 of a fauna or flora : represented by few species or individuals.
Synonyms: pathetic, pitiful, pitiable, piteous, lamentable. These adjectives describe what inspires or deserves pity. Something pathetic elicits sympathetic sadness and compassion: a most earnest ... entreaty, addressed to you in the most pathetic tones of the voice so dear to you (Charles Dickens).Both pitiful and pitiable apply to what is touchingly sad: She told a most pitiful story (Samuel Butler).lso paâ¢thetâ²iâ¢cal, 1. causing or evoking pity, either sympathetically or contemptibly; pitiful: a pathetic sight; a pathetic return on our investment. 2. sad; sorrowful; mournful: a pathetic tone of voice. pathÄticus pathÄtikos pathÄtikÃ³s = sensitive(pathÄt) os Ã³s made or liable, to. suffer. v adj of paschein + -pÃ¡schein-to ]. suffer ikos ic