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ceruleans

ceruleans is the plural of cerulean.

Meaning of cerulean

Noun

cerulean (countable and uncountable, plural ceruleans)

  1. A greenish-blue color.
    • For our blues we have the azures and ceruleans, lapis lazulis, the light and dusty, the powder blues, the deeps: royal, sapphire, navy, and marine […]2014, William H. Gass, On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry, page 59
  2. (countable) Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Jamides.

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Questions about ceruleans

What is ceruleans the plural of?
Ceruleans is the plural of cerulean.

Words near ceruleans in the dictionary

  1. cerule
  2. cerulean
  3. cerulean blue
  4. cerulean blues
  5. cerulean warbler
  6. ceruleans
  7. cerulein
  8. ceruleins
  9. cerulenin
  10. ceruleocortical
  11. ceruleous

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