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fulvous

adjective

  1. reddish-brown color
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈfʊlvəs/ / /ˈfʌlvəs/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fulvusbor. English fulvous Borrowed from Latin fulvus (“reddish-brown”).

  1. Tawny-colored.

    It was a minute anatomical and generally descriptive account of the large fulvous Ourang-Outang of the East Indian Islands.

    The upper wings of the moth which Jacob held were undoubtedly marked with kidney-shaped spots of a fulvous hue.