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albous

albous adjective: white.

Adjective

albous (not comparable)

  1. (rare) White.
    • Whites:- albous or albus is a pure white […]1841, Edward Newman, John Van Voorst, A Familiar Introduction to the History of Insects; Being a New and Greatly Improved Edition of The Grammar of Entomology
    • Frons: piceous, scarcely convex; rugose-punctate; sparse, lanceolate, small, griseo-albous squamae.1940, Stanford University, Natural History Museum, Microentomology: Contributions to Entomology from the Natural History Museum of Stanford University, Volumes 5-8

Origin of albous

From Latin albus, + -ous.

Questions about albous

What does albous mean?
Albous means white.
What part of speech is albous?
Albous is an adjective.

Words near albous in the dictionary

  1. Alborz
  2. albos
  3. Albota
  4. Albota de Jos
  5. Albota de Sus
  6. albous
  7. Albouy
  8. Albouys
  9. Albrandswaard
  10. albrechtschraufite
  11. albricias

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