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fulvous

/ˈfʊlvəs/

fulvous adjective: tawny-colored.

Adjective

fulvous (not comparable)

  1. Tawny-colored.
    • It was a minute anatomical and generally descriptive account of the large fulvous Ourang-Outang of the East Indian Islands.1841 March, Edgar A[llan] Poe, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, in George R[ex] Graham, Rufus W[ilmot] Griswold, editors, Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine. […], volume XVIII, number 4...
    • The upper wings of the moth which Jacob held were undoubtedly marked with kidney-shaped spots of a fulvous hue.1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter II, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, →OCLC, page 21

fulvous meaning in Bengali

fulvous in Bengali

পিঙ্গল বর্ণের

Origin of fulvous

Borrowed from Latin fulvus (“reddish-brown”).

Words formed from fulvous

Phrases with fulvous

Questions about fulvous

What does fulvous mean?
Fulvous means tawny-colored.
What is fulvous in Bengali?
Fulvous in Bengali is পিঙ্গল বর্ণের. See Fulvous meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is fulvous?
Fulvous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fulvous?
Fulvous is pronounced /ˈfʊlvəs/ (UK).

Words near fulvous in the dictionary

  1. fulvic
  2. fulvic acid
  3. fulvic acids
  4. fulvics
  5. fulvid
  6. fulvous
  7. fulvous tree duck
  8. fulvous tree ducks
  9. fulvous whistling duck
  10. fulvous whistling ducks
  11. fulvous-headed tanager

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