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miniatous

miniatous adjective: orange-red, the colour of red lead.

Adjective

miniatous (not comparable)

  1. (formal) Orange-red, the colour of red lead.
    • Elytra miniatous, with a large somewhat triangular black spot on their disk, […]1865, The Journal of the Linnean Society (Page 480)
    • […] surface smooth, glabrous, slightly viscid, hygrophanous, miniatous when young, becoming testaceous at the center and […]1949, North American Flora - Volumes 1-10

Origin of miniatous

From Latin miniatus, suffixed with -ous.

Questions about miniatous

What does miniatous mean?
Miniatous means orange-red, the colour of red lead.
What part of speech is miniatous?
Miniatous is an adjective.

Words near miniatous in the dictionary

  1. miniation
  2. miniator
  3. miniators
  4. miniatory
  5. miniatoside
  6. miniatous
  7. miniature
  8. miniature donkey
  9. miniature golf
  10. Miniature Pinscher
  11. Miniature Pinschers

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