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Definition of Cinereous
1. a. Like ashes; ash- colored; grayish.
Definition of Cinereous
1. Noun. An ash-gray colour. ¹
2. Adjective. Of an ash-gray colour. ¹
3. Adjective. Like ashes. ¹
4. Adjective. Containing ashes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cinereous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cinereous
Literary usage of Cinereous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1883)
"Elytra with small cinereous markings more or less continent; ... Thorax and elytra
speckled with small rounded unequal cinereous spots; an interrupted band ..."
2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario, Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871) (1881)
"Fore wings pale cinereous with dark brown dusting ; an oblique brown patch before
base of ... Hind wings and cilia brownish cinereous, third lobe whitish. ..."
3. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the by Francis Walker, John Edward Gray (1865)
"Fore wings acute; reniform mark represented by » small cinereous ringlet, which
is most distinct beneath. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines. ..."
4. The Journal of the Linnean Society by Linnean Society of London (1857)
"Female cinereous hlack; head gilded in front, with cinereous hairs ... nearly as
long as the arista: thorax with two cinereous stripes, which are dilated on ..."
5. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1829)
"The Bald Eagle (Falco leucocephalus) is considered by some a variety of the
cinereous; but Temminck, I think, from his observations, is authorised in ..."
6. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1903)
"Head pale brownish cinereous. Thorax cinereous, shaded with brownish fuscous.
Fore-wings whitish cinereous, longitudinally shaded with ..."
7. A History of British Birds: The Figures Engraved on Wood by Thomas Bewick, Ralph Beilby, Henry Cotes (1816)
"THE cinereous GODWIT. THIS species, as well as several others of the same genus,
seems to be very imperfectly known, or ascertained: the slight shades of ..."
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