fulvous

fulvous
adjective Etymology: Latin fulvus; perhaps akin to Latin flavus yellow — more at blue Date: 1664 of a dull brownish yellow ; tawny

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  • Fulvous — Ful vous, a. [L. fulvus.] Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of gray and brown. Lindley. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fulvous — [ful′vəs] adj. [L fulvus < IE base * bhlē wos > BLUE, L flavus, yellow] dull reddish yellow or brownish yellow; tawny …   English World dictionary

  • fulvous — adjective /ˈfʊlvəs,ˈfʌlvəs/ Tawny coloured. It was a minute anatomical and generally descriptive account of the large fulvous Ourang Outang of the East Indian Islands …   Wiktionary

  • Fulvous Whistling Duck — Conservation status Least Concern …   Wikipedia

  • Fulvous Wren — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • Fulvous-breasted — may refer to:* Fulvous breasted Flatbill, a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family * Fulvous breasted Woodpecker, a species of bird in the Picidae family …   Wikipedia

  • Fulvous-chinned Nunlet — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

  • Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker — In Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Conservation status …   Wikipedia

  • Fulvous-crested Tanager — Taxobox name = Fulvous crested Tanager status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Thraupidae genus = Tachyphonus species = T. surinamus binomial = Tachyphonus surinamus… …   Wikipedia

  • Fulvous-dotted Treerunner — Taxobox name = Fulvous dotted Treerunner status = NT | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Furnariidae genus = Margarornis species = M. stellatus binomial = Margarornis… …   Wikipedia

  • Fulvous Babbler — Taxobox name = Fulvous Babbler status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Timaliidae genus = Turdoides species = T. fulva binomial = Turdoides fulva binomial authority …   Wikipedia

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