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carneous

/ˈkɑː(ɹ)niəs/

carneous noun: a pale pink or beige color; peach or flesh-tone.

Noun

carneous (uncountable)

  1. A pale pink or beige color; peach or flesh-tone.
    • Abdomen conical, gray, with a flattened hairy tuft on the first segment, and the usual lateral tufts, which together with the anus are tinged with carneous.1874 July, H.K. Morrison, “Descriptions of New Noctuidae”, in Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, volume 2, page 113
    • The anal segment tinged with with carneous.1881, G.H. French, “Preparatory Stages of Catocala Cara, Guen.”, in Papilio, volumes 1-4, page 168

Adjective

carneous (comparative more carneous, superlative most carneous)

  1. Consisting of, or like, flesh; fleshy.
    • carneous degeneration
    • carneous fibres1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC
  2. Carneous-colored.
    • Prothorax bright green, narrow, the dorsal middle with a broad carneous stripe continuous with that the head, entire, each side of this a black line dilating posteriorly.1864, Orthopterological Contributions, page 554
    • Secondaries dark fuscous with a carneous shade which obtains on the fringes .1869, Annual Report of the Trustees of the Peabody Academy of Science, page 35

carneous meaning in Tamil

carneous in Tamil

கொழுத்த, தசைக்குரிய, தசை போன்ற

Examples of carneous in a sentence

  • A very faint yellowish shading to the line and also on the costa at the inception of t.p. line, where A, bicarnea is strongly marked with carneous.1890, John Bernhard Smith, Contribution Toward a Monograph of the Insects of the Lepidopterous Family Noctuidae of Temperate North America...
  • Primaries brownish with numerous straw-colored spots ocellated with carneous inclining to pink.2024, Chas. V. Riley, “Descriptions of some New Tortricidæ (Leaf-rollers).”, in The Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis:
  • A carneous fringe each side of the body, just above the legs.1881, G.H. French, “Preparatory Stages of Catocala Cara, Guen.”, in Papilio, volumes 1-4, page 168:

Forms of carneous

comparativemore carneous
superlativemost carneous

Origin of carneous

Latin carneus.

Questions about carneous

What does carneous mean?
Carneous means a pale pink or beige color; peach or flesh-tone.
What is carneous in Tamil?
Carneous in Tamil is கொழுத்த, தசைக்குரிய, தசை போன்ற. See Carneous meaning in Tamil.
How do you use carneous in a sentence?
A very faint yellowish shading to the line and also on the costa at the inception of t.p. line, where A, bicarnea is strongly marked with carneous.
What part of speech is carneous?
Carneous can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce carneous?
Carneous is pronounced /ˈkɑː(ɹ)niəs/.

Words near carneous in the dictionary

  1. carnelians
  2. Carnell
  3. Carnells
  4. carneol
  5. carneols
  6. carneous
  7. carneously
  8. Carner
  9. Carnero
  10. Carneros
  11. Carners

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