fuscous

American  

[fuhs-kuhs] / ˈfʌs kəs /

adjective

1. of brownish-gray or dusky color.

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fuscous British  

/ ˈfʌskəs /

adjective

1. of a brownish-grey colour

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Etymology

Origin of fuscous

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

Example Sentences

The under plumage is dull yellow in colour, while all the other parts are variegated with marks of fuscous and various shades of brown and yellow.

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

P. convex, umbil. glabrous, not striate, rivuloso-rugulose when adult, fuscous; g. broad, pallid; s. even, base strigose, rooting.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

This homely little species differs considerably from most Dendrocolaptine birds in colour and habits; and being of a uniform dull, fuscous hue, its appearance is most uninteresting.

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

P. 5-7 cm. convex then exp. depressed round the umbo, blackish umber, even, glabrous; g. reddish cinnamon; s. 4-6 cm. hollow, somewhat twisted, fibrillose, greyish fuscous; sp. subgl. rough, 8 � 9.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. fleshy, compact, hemispher. tinged fuscous or livid yellowish; g. much crowded, smoky-grey or lilac then yellowish; s. solid, whitish or lilac above, base brownish; sp. more or less cruciform rarely subtriangular, 8-10 � 5-7.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George