Ferruginous

/fəˈɹudʒənəs/

Synonyms for "ferruginous" (63 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Strong matches (19)

Noun(1 words)
Adjective(3 words)
iron brown plumageiron coloredlateritic soil

Related words (31)

Adjective(4 words)
red earthrust coloredrust colored plumagerusty

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

3 entries
bird plumage descriptioncolorcolor descriptor

More specific

4 entries
feather coloriron hueplumage colorrust color

Collocations

6 entries
ferruginous colorferruginous hawkferruginous hueferruginous oreferruginous rockferruginous soil

Inflections

2 entries
more ferruginousmost ferruginous

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A few miles north of Coquimbo, I met with the ferruginous, balaniferous mass (E) with many silicified bones; I was informed that these silicified bones occur also at Tonguay, south of Coquimbo […]

Source: wiktionary

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