plumbeous

[ pluhm-bee-uhs ]

/ ˈplʌm bi əs /

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adjective

resembling or containing lead; leaden.

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Origin of plumbeous

First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin plumbeus, equivalent to plumb(um) “lead” + -eus -eous

Words nearby plumbeous

plumb, plumbaginaceous, plumbaginous, plumbago, plumb bob, plumbeous, plumber, plumber's helper, plumber's snake, plumbery, plumbic

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How to use plumbeous in a sentence

Resemble ♂, but upper tail-coverts plumbeous, underparts white.
Color Key to North American Birds|Frank M. Chapman
Immature: Like adults, except that the plumbeous band of breast is heavily mixed with rusty (suggesting chestnut of female).
The Birds of Washington (Volume 1 of 2)|William Leon Dawson
NW San Lorenzo, are plumbeous-gray rather than pale dull gray.
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico|Emil K. Urban
It is only in the breeding-plumage that this species wears the slaty plumbeous hood.
Birds and all Nature, Vol. V, No. 5, May 1899|Various

Colour plumbeous, lighter below, darkest on the fins and snout.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon|Robert A. Sterndale

British Dictionary definitions for plumbeous

plumbeous

/ (ˈplʌmbɪəs) /

adjective

made of or relating to lead or resembling lead in colour

Word Origin for plumbeous

C16: from Latin plumbeus leaden, from plumbum lead

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