Synonyms for rufescent


Grammar : Noun
Spell : roo-fes-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ruˈfɛs ənt

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Définition of rufescent

  • As in red : noun color of blood; shade resembling such a color
Example sentences :
  • The gills are notched, crowded, pallid or rufescent, narrow.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The gills are annulato-adnexed, distant, rufescent with a yellow tinge.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The rufescent ant has lost even the very power of feeding itself.
  • Extract from : « Falling in Love » by Grant Allen
  • Similar to No. 758, but back, tail, and flanks without brownish or rufescent tinge.
  • Extract from : « Color Key to North American Birds » by Frank M. Chapman
  • Above dusky slate colour with rufescent tips to the fur; beneath paler, with a faint rufous tinge about the breast (Jerdon).
  • Extract from : « Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon » by Robert A. Sterndale
  • In the drawing the rufescent and normal plumages of the adults are so well delineated that no description seems necessary.
  • Extract from : « Nests and Eggs of Birds of The United States » by Thomas G. Gentry
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