subfuscous

[suhb-fuhs-kuhs]

adjective

1. slightly dark, dusky, or somber.

Word History and Origins

Origin of subfuscous¹

1750–60; < Latin subfuscus, equivalent to sub- sub- + fuscus fuscous

Example Sentences

P. thin, reniform or suborbicular, convex then exp. ochre or subfuscous, glabrous, somewhat shining; g. numerous, very thin, colour of p.; s. lateral, oblique; sp.

From Project Gutenberg

Abdomen: the middle of the basal segment, the second and third segments at their base, broadly purple; the apical margin of the third tinged with purple; wings subfuscous, with their base hyaline.

From Project Gutenberg

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