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Definition of Fuscous
1. Adjective. Of something having a dusky brownish grey color.
Definition of Fuscous
1. a. Brown or grayish black; darkish.
Definition of Fuscous
1. Adjective. of a dark brownish-gray color; dark or dusky ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fuscous
1. of a dusky color [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fuscous
Literary usage of Fuscous
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 (1907)
"Head, palpi and thorax whitish-cinereous, speckled with brownish-fuscous; apical
joint of palpi black ; antenna cinereous; abdomen pale cinereous; ..."
2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1908)
"Labial palpi blackish-fuscous ; inner side of second joint ochreous. ... Fore wings
dark fuscous, mottled with lighter fuscous, black and brown scales. ..."
3. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1901)
"Head, palpi and thorax light ochreous, terminal joint of palpi with fuscous
subapical ring, thorax with a whitish posterior spot. Antenna; nearly J, fuscous ..."
4. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1905)
"Palpi and thorax purplish-fuscous, thorax shining metallic. ... Legs dark fuscous,
posterior pair yellow. Forewings elongate, moderately dilated posteriorly ..."
5. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1864)
"Hind-wings with termen waved, sinuate beneath apex ; dark fuscous j an irregular
white median fascia, broadest in the middle ; a cloudy fuscous-whitish ..."
6. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1905)
"Underside of wings fuscous brown. Abdomen above dark ochreous fuscous. under-iile
... First joint of labial palpi entirely and the second externally fuscous ..."
7. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1900)
"Palpi gray ; front ochre fuscous ; thorax gray ; abdomen smoky gray ; fore wings
white on anterior half, at middle dark fuscous, on posterior portion ochre ..."
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