fuscous

[ fuhs-kuhs ]

adjective

1. of brownish-gray or dusky color.

fuscous

/ ˈfʌskəs /

adjective

1. of a brownish-grey colour

Word History and Origins

Origin of fuscous¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of fuscous¹

C17: from Latin fuscus dark, swarthy, tawny

Example Sentences

The root-stock is very short, but creeping: it bears a few dark-fuscous scales, and is covered with the remains of decayed stalks.

From Project Gutenberg

Head and neck fuscous brown margined with white, rest of underparts fuscous brown; back with greenish reflections.

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Primaries fuscous-black, the outer ones margined with white and the inner ones white at the base.

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Upper wing-coverts and secondaries fuscous-black (freshly molted feathers blacker) narrowly edged with olive-ocher.

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Female in summer: Similar, but upperparts streaked all over with black, and the black wings largely replaced by fuscous.

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