olivaceous

[ol-uh-vey-shuhs]

adjective

1. of a deep shade of green; olive.

olivaceous

/ ˌɒlɪˈveɪʃəs /

adjective

1. of an olive colour

Word History and Origins

Origin of olivaceous¹

1770–80; < New Latin olīvāceus, equivalent to Latin olīv ( a ) olive + -āceus -aceous

Example Sentences

Under parts olivaceous yellow, crossed with numerous close bands of blackish brown.

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General colour pale olivaceous yellow, with a few obscure large spots along the body somewhat brighter.

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Description.—Above olive-green, wings and tail blackish edged with olive-green; whole head above, including sides and back of neck, dark cinereous; beneath pearly white, passing into pale cinereous on the sides; under wing-coverts pale yellowish, flanks tinged with olivaceous; bill hazel; feet red: whole length 4·5 inches, wing 2·1, tail 1·9.

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Description.—Above uniform olive; ill-defined superciliaries whitish; ear-coverts dark; wings and tail blackish with olive margins; well-defined spots on the tips of the two rows of wing-coverts and outer webs of secondaries yellowish; below yellow, rather white on the throat and olivaceous on the sides; under wing-coverts pale yellow; bill and feet blackish: whole length 4·5 inches, wing 2·1, tail 2·3.

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Description.—Above brown, slightly olivaceous; wings blackish; lesser wing-coverts, margins of the feathers of the greater wing-coverts, and outer webs of the basal halves of the wing-feathers pale chestnut; tail-feathers chestnut-brown, ends much elongated and pointed; beneath white, throat and breast mottled with grey, spot in middle of throat sulphur-yellow; flanks washed with brown; bend of wing and under wing-coverts fulvous; bill and feet pale horn-colour: whole length 6·3 inches, wing 2·1, tail 3·0.

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