fuscous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of fuscous
1655–65; < Latin fusc ( us ) dark, tawny, dusky + -ous
Example Sentences
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Above fuscous with a faint greenish tinge; head and neck streaked, back spotted with whitish; below white; throat and breast distinctly streaked with dusky.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.
P. 3-4 cm. viscid, even, edge becoming sulcate, yellow then pale, disc darker and subdepr.; g. subadnate, yellow then livid fuscous; s. 4-5 cm. narrowed upwards, yellowish, at first flocculose; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. convex, sometimes subumbil. striate up to umbilicus, glabrous, pallid fuscous, paler when dry and shining; g. adnate, pallid; s. pallid fuscous, glabrous; sp. rough, 7-9.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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)
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