rufous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of rufous
Example Sentences
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Two black and rufous sengi, known as elephant shrews, have been born for the first time in the UK.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
There are two variants of female cuckoos: a gray morph that looks like a sparrowhawk, and a rufous morph.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024
Around these parts, it’s the ruby-throated hummingbird that holds court, though the occasional rufous hummingbird also drops in.
From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2022
Bruce Reid, a Vicksburg resident and longtime bird-watcher, has seen three rufous hummingbirds at his home.
From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2020
The face that turned towards me, reddened and era-tered by firelight and shadow, was as flat and cruel as the moon, Winter’s dull rufous moon.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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