fuscous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of fuscous
1655–65; < Latin fusc ( us ) dark, tawny, dusky + -ous
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The name Riksha was applied to the bear in the sense of the bright fuscous animal, and in that sense it became most popular in the later Sanskrit, and in Greek and Latin.
From Custom and Myth New Edition by Andrew Lang
Head and neck fuscous brown margined with white, rest of underparts fuscous brown; back with greenish reflections.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman
P. convex, obtuse, velvety-squamulose, grey then pale, edge white-fimbriate; g. fuscous purple, shining; s. purple violet.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Similar to No. 54 but darker; tail nearly uniform fuscous.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman
P. conico-campan. fuscous; g. free, obovate, rosy; s. slender, glabrous, colour of p. hirsute below; sp. rough, 7-9. infula, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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