Rufous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Strong yellowish pink to moderate orange; reddish.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. of a red, reddish colour
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Reddish; of a yellowish red or brownish red color; tawny.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of a dull-red color; red but somewhat deficient in chroma: thus, a bay or chestnut horse is rufous; Venetian red is rufous. It enters into the specific name of many animals, technically called rufus, rufescens, etc.
    • Word Usage
    "The remaining laughing-thrushes are known as the rufous-chinned"
    Cross Reference
    rufous-chinned finch    rufous-headed falcon   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    reddish    tawny    re   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    scrub-bird    purplish-grey    white-throated    brownish-red    dogfish   
     
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