fulvous

[ fuhl-vuhs ]

adjective

1. tawny; dull yellowish-gray or yellowish-brown.

fulvous

/ ˈfʊl-; ˈfʌlvəs /

adjective

1. of a dull brownish-yellow colour; tawny

Word History and Origins

Origin of fulvous¹

1655–65; < Latin fulvus deep yellow, tawny, reddish-yellow; -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of fulvous¹

C17: from Latin fulvus reddish yellow, gold-coloured, tawny; probably related to fulgēre to shine

Example Sentences

They vary exceedingly in colour, and pass through the intermediate gradations from a dark brown to a pale fulvous, and a grayish.

From Project Gutenberg

The fulvous tree-duck ranges on our hunting grounds as far north as Sacramento, where occasionally one is killed.

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As preserved, the type has no definite color markings; color greyish, the elytra of weak fulvous cast.

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Color of venter and parapodia grey; elytra at present grey over a fulvous ground.

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A paratype has elytra fulvous of dilute ferruginous cast with black mottlings.

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