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Meaning of "fulvous" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FULVOUS

From Latin fulvus reddish yellow, gold-coloured, tawny; probably related to fulgēre to shine.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FULVOUS

ˈfʌlvəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FULVOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fulvous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FULVOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fulvous

Fulvous /ˈfʊlvəs/ is a colour, sometimes described as dull reddish-yellow, brownish-yellow or tawny, it can also be likened to a variation of buff, beige or butterscotch. As an adjective it is used in the names of many species of birds, and occasionally other animals, to describe their appearance. It is also used as in mycology to describe fungi with greater colour specificity, specifically the pigmentation of the surface cuticle, the broken flesh and the spores en masse. The first recorded use of fulvous as a colour name in English was in the year 1664. Fulvous in English is derived from the Latin "fulvus", a term that can recognised in the scientific binomials of several species, and can provide a clue to their colouration.

Definition of fulvous in the English dictionary

The definition of fulvous in the dictionary is of a dull brownish-yellow colour; tawny.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FULVOUS

acclivous · canvas · canvass · clavus · Corvus · declivous · favous · favus · festivous · grievous · hircocervus · longaevous · longevous · mischievous · naevus · nervous · nevus · recidivous · redivivus · saxicavous

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FULVOUS

fully fledged · fully-featured · fully-fitted kitchen · fulmar · fulminant · fulminate · fulminate of mercury · fulminating powder · fulmination · fulminator · fulminatory · fulmine · fulminic acid · fulminous · fulness · fulsome · fulsomely · fulsomeness · Fulton · fum

WORDS THAT END LIKE FULVOUS

anonymous · continuous · curious · dangerous · delicious · fabulous · famous · gorgeous · hilarious · humorous · miscellaneous · nous · numerous · obvious · previous · religious · rendezvous · ridiculous · serious · various

Synonyms and antonyms of fulvous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fulvous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FULVOUS

Find out the translation of fulvous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of fulvous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fulvous» in English.
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黄褐色
1,325 millions of speakers
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fulvous
570 millions of speakers
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English

fulvous
510 millions of speakers
hi

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भूरा
380 millions of speakers
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fulvous
280 millions of speakers
ru

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буро
278 millions of speakers
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fulvous
270 millions of speakers
bn

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ফিকা
260 millions of speakers
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fauve
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Fulvous
190 millions of speakers
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fulvous
180 millions of speakers
ja

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fulvous
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ko

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fulvous
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Fulvous
85 millions of speakers
vi

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sắc
80 millions of speakers
ta

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இளம்பருவத்தில் சிறிய
75 millions of speakers
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गुळगुळीत
75 millions of speakers
tr

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kızılımsı sarı
70 millions of speakers
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fulvo
65 millions of speakers
pl

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Drzewica
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uk

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буро
40 millions of speakers
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fulvous
30 millions of speakers
el

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fulvous
15 millions of speakers
af

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grijsbruin
14 millions of speakers
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fulvous
10 millions of speakers
no

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fulvous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fulvous

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FULVOUS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fulvous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FULVOUS»

Discover the use of fulvous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fulvous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Duck Hunting: Guide-Tested Techniques for Taking All of the ...
FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCK. With its long neck and legs, the fulvous whistling duck, or fulvous tree duck, looks like no other puddle duck found in the continental United States. In both sexes, the neck and sides of the head are reddish brown: ...
Creative Publishing International Editors, Creative Publishing International Staff, 1997
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The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
Wings indented, fulvous, with three brown ct bands, those on.the upper pair longitudinal, on the lower ones transverse. p AGATHA. Wings indented, above fulvous, beneath glaucous, lower ones with one black dot above, and three beneath.
Abraham Rees, 1819
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Birds of Mississippi
Dendrocygninae. (Whistling-Ducks). Fulvous. Whistling-Duck. Dendrocygna. bicolor. Until recently, the two members of this subfamily were called Tree Ducks. However, this is a misnomer since this species does not ordinarily frequent trees.
William H. Turcotte, David L. Watts, 1999
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Arcana entomologica; or, Illustrations of new, rare, and ...
The male of the insect now before us has the face fulvous- red in the middle, with the lateral and hind parts, and the labrum, green ; the prothorax is fulvous-red in front, and silvery-green behind, the former part with three black, slender, ...
John Obadiah Westwood, 1845
5
British Butterflies and Their Transformations
The upper surface of the wings is uniformly fulvous, with numerous black markings ; the base and costal edge of the fore wings is black, with fulvous dots; the discoidal cell has a broad central and apical black bar, with a fulvous middle; beyond ...
John Obadiah Westwood, 1841
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Memoirs of Hugh Edwin Strickland ...
Ground colour of crown and upper parts pale grey, minutely speckled with fuscous ; each feather on the crown has a conspicuous medial black streak, broad on the front and occiput, narrower on the hind head ; cervical collar fulvous , each ...
Hugh Edwin Strickland, 1858
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A Review of the North and Central American Species of ...
Black; lower half of front, face, first antennal segment, legs except tips of tarsi dark fulvous. Front with mixed black and fulvous hair, tomentum golden fulvous. Basal antennal segments with mixed fulvous and black hair; first segment twice ...
Jack Clayton Hall, 1981
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
... the body deep olive, obscurely waved with deep brown ; throat light olive, tinged with yellow ; breast and upper part ot the belly fulvous ; lower part, and under tail coverts, brown; thighs ash-colour ; tail tipped with white; iegs yellowish brown.
John Wilkes (of Milland House, Sussex), 1810
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Birds of the Galapagos Archipelago
Between the eyes a band of small fulvous feathers with a central streak of dark brown, passing backward, blends into the plumage of the nape. Back of head and throat streaked with fulvous and brown, the centre of each feather being brown, ...
Robert Ridgway
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Tropical Fruit Flies (Tephritidae Dacinae) of South-East ...
It is close to Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) juxtuncinata n.sp. and Bactrocera ( Zeugodacus) ujungpandangiae n.sp. in possessing a fulvous face with a pair of black spots and a weak supernumerary lobe. It differs from B. ujungpandangiae in ...
R. A. I. Drew, Meredith C. Romig, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FULVOUS»

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Duck populations hitting a 60-year peak
... black-bellied and fulvous whistling ducks nest and raise their broods. In recent years, drought hurt Texas' mottled duck populations, reducing ... «Houston Chronicle, Jul 15»
2
Adorable Golden Jackal Pups Emerge At NaturZoo Rheine (PHOTOS)
Its winter fur is more fulvous-reddish color than that of the wolf. The zoo keepers are still unsure of how many pups were safely tucked in the ... «Headlines & Global News, Jun 15»
3
Forest Department to Carry Out Bat Survey
Flying foxes, short-nosed bat and fulvous fruit bats are the common ones spotted in Tamil Nadu. From the dark old caves in Villupuram, Theni ... «The New Indian Express, May 15»
4
A passion for painting ducks
Second in THE STATE: This painting of a fulvous whistling-duck was painted by Shelby Bernard of Brentwood. BEDFORD - I sabelle Kapoian is ... «The Union Leader, Apr 15»
5
Mandarin ducks sponsored by Alderton residents to pay for pond …
"We would dearly love to buy a pair of Fulvous whistling ducks too." "We hatch the eggs in an incubator and then hand raise the ducklings. «Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard, Apr 15»
6
MICHAEL SNOW A Group Show
... bright secondary and tertiary colors—shades of pale pinks and blues, chrome green, ochre, violet, fulvous yellow—and cheeky compositions. «Brooklyn Rail, Apr 15»
7
Spring in National Botanical Garden
On a nearby krishnachura tree, a fulvous-breasted woodpecker (batabi kathkurali) walked vertically up a dead branch, hitting the wood ... «The Daily Star, Mar 15»
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Big O Festival is for the birds!
Festival-goers are likely to see fulvous whistling-ducks and mottled ducks; shorebirds like black-necked stilt; waders such as roseate spoonbill, ... «Palm Beach Post, Mar 15»
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Rare whistling duck spotted near Chennai
CHENNAI: A fulvous whistling duck was spotted along with six chicks at the Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary on Saturday by a group of bird ... «Times of India, Feb 15»
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Family stocks up as end of duck hunting season nears
But other species are more strictly limited: a hunter can only bag one black duck, one mottled duck, one fulvous whistling duck and one ... «MiamiHerald.com, Jan 15»
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