Infuscation

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of darkening. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    The state of being dark; obscurity. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A dark patch or marking. countable, uncountable

    "We consider, until more specimens are discovered, interruptus as only a subspecies of poecilogaster as the major differences between the two are color intensity of the wing infuscations, and of pile and tomentum."

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"We consider, until more specimens are discovered, interruptus as only a subspecies of poecilogaster as the major differences between the two are color intensity of the wing infuscations, and of pile and tomentum."

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