fulvous

American  

[fuhl-vuhs] / ˈfʌl vəs /

adjective

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

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fulvous British  

/ ˈfʊl-, ˈfʌlvəs /

adjective

1. of a dull brownish-yellow colour; tawny

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Etymology

Origin of fulvous

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

Example Sentences

Others come in one of the nearly infinite shades of brown that tax the vocabulary of avian taxonomists: rufous, fulvous, ferruginous, bran-coloured, foxy.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2018

And whenever Hersey needs an idea and can't find one�it happens all the time�he uses a big word instead: cangue, coffle, fulvous, hame, jingal, liripipe, m�tayer, panyar, purlin, psora, shroff, sycee.*

From Time Magazine Archive

In the rice fields of eastern Texas, this practice has seriously reduced the populations of the fulvous tree duck, a tawny-colored, gooselike duck of the Gulf Coast.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Shell ventricose, with fulvous spots and white bands; spire slender, acute; suture entire.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William

Anterior wings entire, above brown, with a central band and hind margin whitish; all the wings beneath whitish marbled with grey; base of the posterior with 4 fulvous spots.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William