View synonyms for piceous

piceous

[ pis-ee-uhs, pahy-see-uhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

piceous

/ ˈpaɪsɪəs; ˈpɪsɪəs /

Origin of piceous¹

1640–50; < Latin piceus made of pitch, equivalent to pice- (stem of pix ) pitch ² + -us adj. suffix; -ous

Origin of piceous¹

C17: from Latin piceus, from pix pitch ²

The labrum or upper-lip is fulvous; and the antenn are piceous.

The legs are all black, with the digits only rather piceous.

Abdomen: the apical margins of the segments obscurely and narrowly rufo-piceous, the apex ferruginous.

The tarsi obscurely rufo-piceous, the claws ferruginous; wings dark fuscous, their base hyaline.

Thorax: the wings hyaline and brilliantly iridescent; the legs dark rufo-piceous with a bright purple tinge.

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