carneous
[ kahr-nee-uhs ]
adjective
fleshlike; flesh-colored.
Origin of carneous
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How to use carneous in a sentence
In one specimen I noticed a carneous degeneration, but this is really no reflection on Mr. Flannery personally.
Remarks | Bill NyeA Sucket is made in like manner of the carneous substance of stalks of Lettice.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened | Kenelm DigbyErasistratus assigns it to the womb's being more callous or more carneous, thinner or smaller, than nature does require.
Essays and Miscellanies | PlutarchIf it is carneous, we touch it with the thumb and middle finger.
Delsarte System of Oratory | VariousThere is a total absence of that firm, fresh, carneous look which so distinctively characterises the flesh in a state of health.
Parasites | T. Spencer Cobbold
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