plumbeous
[pluhm-bee-uh s]
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adjective
resembling or containing lead; leaden.
Origin of plumbeous
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The third common bird of Himalayan streams is the plumbeous redstart or water-robin (Rhyacornis fuliginosus).
Birds of the Indian HillsDouglas Dewar
The glass and plumbeous glazes may be colored with a variety of other oxides, without losing their transparency.
The Ceramic ArtJennie J. Young
Wings and tail slate-black edged chiefly with bluish plumbeous gray, the coverts and tertiaries with olive-green.
Wing coverts black, plumbeous edged and tipped with white tinged with wood-brown forming two wing bands.
As a kitten of the Muses and meer frog of Helicon he croaked cataracts of plumbeous cerebrosity.
Oxford and its StoryCecil Headlam
plumbeous
adjective
Word Origin for plumbeous
C16: from Latin plumbeus leaden, from plumbum lead
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