Fulvous

//ˈfʊlvəs// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tawny-colored. not-comparable

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

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tawnytawny

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fulvus (“reddish-brown”).

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