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cyanean

cyanean adjective: having an azure colour.

Adjective

cyanean (comparative more cyanean, superlative most cyanean)

  1. Having an azure colour.
    • Aristotle says, it [a kingfisher] is the lest^([sic]) of the two, but that both of them have a cyanean back.1776, Thomas Pennant, British zoology

Forms of cyanean

comparativemore cyanean
superlativemost cyanean

Origin of cyanean

From cyan + -ean.

Words that rhyme with cyanean

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Questions about cyanean

What does cyanean mean?
Cyanean means having an azure colour.
What part of speech is cyanean?
Cyanean is an adjective.

Words near cyanean in the dictionary

  1. cyanatos
  2. cyanaurate
  3. cyanaurates
  4. cyanazine
  5. Cyane
  6. cyanean
  7. cyaneid
  8. cyaneids
  9. cyanelle
  10. cyanelles
  11. cyaneous

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