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lutose

American  
[loo-tohs] / ˈlu toʊs /

adjective

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

Etymology

Origin of lutose

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

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Lutose -us: apparently or really covered with dirt.

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