cinereous
Americanadjective
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in the state of or reduced to ashes.
cinereous bodies.
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resembling ashes.
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ashen; ash-colored; grayish.
a cinereous bird.
adjective
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of a greyish colour
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resembling or consisting of ashes
Etymology
Origin of cinereous
1655–65; < Latin cinereus, equivalent to ciner- (stem of cinis ) ashes + -eus -eous
Example Sentences
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They examined the cinereous vulture, a “ripper,” and the Andean condor, a “gulper,” as well as several eagles that hunted prey of various sizes.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2021
Africa has already lost one of its eleven vulture species—the cinereous vulture—and now seven others are listed as either critically endangered or endangered.
From National Geographic • Nov. 22, 2017
The chicks’ shockingly orange appearance is all the more striking since adult cinereous mourners are a dialed-back dull gray.
From Newsweek • Feb. 25, 2015
There are understory flocks led by Thamnomanes antshrikes — here cinereous and dusky-throated antshrikes.
From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2010
Olive green, beneath yellow; crown cinereous, eye stripe and ears black; bill slender.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
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