fuscous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of fuscous
1655–65; < Latin fusc ( us ) dark, tawny, dusky + -ous
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Head and throat as in ♂, back fuscous and buffy; breast and sides ochraceous thickly spotted with blackish; speculum ashy gray and white.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman
P. umber or livid, disc fuscous; s. hollow.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Similar to No. 54 but darker; tail nearly uniform fuscous.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman
P. 4-6 cm. campan. then exp. umb. and wavy, smoky fuscous then pale; g. truncate behind, almost free; s. 5-7 cm. solid, narrowed from the thickened base, fibrous, naked, smoky purple; sp. rough, 8-10.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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 William Swainson
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