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stonepicnicking_okapi) wrote2024-10-02 08:02 pm
stonepicnicking_okapi) wrote2024-10-02 08:02 pm
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Word: Fulvous
Wednesday's word is...
...fulvous.
1. of a dull brownish yellow, tawny
origin
Latin fulvus; perhaps akin to Latin flavus yellow
example
The U.S. is home to two types of whistling ducks: the black-bellied whistling duck and the fulvous whistling duck, commonly called the fulvous tree duck.
—M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 10 Jan. 2024
...fulvous.
1. of a dull brownish yellow, tawny
origin
Latin fulvus; perhaps akin to Latin flavus yellow
example
The U.S. is home to two types of whistling ducks: the black-bellied whistling duck and the fulvous whistling duck, commonly called the fulvous tree duck.
—M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 10 Jan. 2024
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