fuscous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of fuscous
1655–65; < Latin fusc ( us ) dark, tawny, dusky + -ous
Example Sentences
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Grayish brown mixed with white; wings and tail fuscous.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.
Wings above fuscous, shining blue at their base; posterior margined with orange; beneath clouded with rufous and brown, and a black dot at the base of the posterior wings.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
P. 4-7 cm. convexo-plane, mouse-colour, with revolute, squarrose scales; g. grey then fuscous; s. 4-7 cm. thickened upwards, with rings of reflexed scales, pale above ring; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. 1.5-2 cm. exp. deeply umbil. glabrous, fuscous, striate to middle; g. crowded; s.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. convex, obtuse, velvety-squamulose, grey then pale, edge white-fimbriate; g. fuscous purple, shining; s. purple violet.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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