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fulvous
[ fuhl-vuhs ]
adjective
- tawny; dull yellowish-gray or yellowish-brown.
fulvous
/ ˈfʊl-; ˈfʌlvəs /
adjective
- of a dull brownish-yellow colour; tawny
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fulvous1
C17: from Latin fulvus reddish yellow, gold-coloured, tawny; probably related to fulgēre to shine
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Example Sentences
They vary exceedingly in colour, and pass through the intermediate gradations from a dark brown to a pale fulvous, and a grayish.
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The fulvous tree-duck ranges on our hunting grounds as far north as Sacramento, where occasionally one is killed.
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As preserved, the type has no definite color markings; color greyish, the elytra of weak fulvous cast.
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Color of venter and parapodia grey; elytra at present grey over a fulvous ground.
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A paratype has elytra fulvous of dilute ferruginous cast with black mottlings.
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