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vulpinous

vulpinous adjective: of a reddish colour, rufous.

Adjective

vulpinous (not comparable)

  1. of a reddish colour, rufous
    • […]the bristles of the head, thorax and scutellum verging toward vulpinous[…]1909, Transactions Of The American Entomological Society Of Landan Vol 35, page 340
  2. foxlike in nature or appearance
    • We're vulpinous vultures2009, “Chin Chin & Muck Muck”, in What Will We Be, performed by Devendra Banhart
    • Alongside, there was an odd-looking hat stand; it didn’t have any hats hanging on it, in fact, it had two masks, how odd she thought, the one looked Vulpinous, the other was distinctly birdlike.2017 October 27, Kevin Sweeney, “Chapter 5”, in The Martian Fairytales

Origin of vulpinous

From vulpine + -ous, borrowed from Latin vulpīnus (“foxy, fox-like”), from vulpēs, earlier volpēs (“fox”).

Questions about vulpinous

What does vulpinous mean?
Vulpinous means of a reddish colour, rufous.
What part of speech is vulpinous?
Vulpinous is an adjective.

Words near vulpinous in the dictionary

  1. vulpines
  2. vulpinic acid
  3. vulpinism
  4. vulpinist
  5. vulpinite
  6. vulpinous
  7. vulsella
  8. vulsellae
  9. vulsellum
  10. vulsellums
  11. vult

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