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a⋅e⋅ne⋅ous

   [ey-ee-nee-uhs]
–adjective
bronze-colored: an aeneous beetle.
Also, a⋅ë⋅ne⋅ous.

Origin:
1805–15; < L aēneus, equiv. to aēn(us) of bronze (ae(s) bronze + -n- adj. suffix) + -eus -eous
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a·e·ne·ous or a·e·ne·us     (ā-ē'nē-əs)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Brassy or golden green in color.

[From Latin aēneus, of bronze, from aes, bronze; see ayes- in Indo-European roots.]
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Aeneous

A*["e]"ne*ous\, a. [L. a["e]neus.] (Zo["o]l.) Colored like bronze.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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