carneous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of carneous
1570–80; < Late Latin carneus, equivalent to Latin carn- (stem of carō ) flesh + -eus -eous
Example Sentences
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Erasistratus assigns it to the womb's being more callous or more carneous, thinner or smaller, than nature does require.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
Description.—White; head and neck black; postocular streak and chin white; - 125 -lores naked; bill plumbeous; cere red; feet pale carneous: whole length 48·0 inches, wing 17·5, tail 5·5.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
In one specimen I noticed a carneous degeneration, but this is really no reflection on Mr. Flannery personally.
From Remarks by Nye, Bill
In one pair the shell-blotches of washed-out purple are spread over the whole egg, and the surface-spots and clashes of carneous red are also equally spread over the whole shell.
From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Hume, Allan Octavian
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