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.
Use affluent to describe wealthy people or areas. In Middle English, affluent meant abundant, flowing, from Old French, from Latin affluÄns, from affluere to abound in, from the prefix ad- to, at plus fluere to flow.. The meaning of abundant, flowing is still seen in phrases such as affluent prose..