lutose

[loo-tohs]

adjective

1. covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lutose¹

1640–50; < Latin lutōsus muddy, equivalent to lut ( um ) mud + -ōsus -ose ¹

Example Sentences

Lutose -us: apparently or really covered with dirt.

From Project Gutenberg