fuscous

American

[fuhs-kuhs] / ˈfʌs kəs /

adjective

of brownish-gray or dusky color.

fuscous British

/ ˈfʌskəs /

adjective

of a brownish-grey colour

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Etymology

Origin of fuscous

1655–65; < Latin fusc ( us ) dark, tawny, dusky + -ous

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fuscous

The plumage is very pale brown, marked with fuscous; the crown and wing-coverts rufous.

From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

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. campan. subumbil. dry, fibrous, fuscous olive; g. adnate, broad; s. greenish-yellow.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. 1.5-2 cm. exp. deeply umbil. glabrous, fuscous, striate to middle; g. crowded; s.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. campan. then exp. citrin, mealy, with deciduous squamules, broadly umb. edge sulcate; g. free, broad; s. hollow, fuscous.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

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