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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GLAUCOUS

From Latin glaucus silvery, bluish-green, from Greek glaukos.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GLAUCOUS

glaucous  [ˈɡlɔːkəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLAUCOUS

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

WHAT DOES GLAUCOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

glaucous

Glaucous

Glaucous is used to describe the pale grey or bluish-green appearance of the surfaces of some plants, as well as in the names of birds, such as the Glaucous Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Glaucous Macaw, and Glaucous Tanager. The term glaucous is also used botanically as an adjective to mean "covered with a greyish, bluish, or whitish waxy coating or bloom that is easily rubbed off". The first recorded use of glaucous as a color name in English was in the year 1671.

Definition of glaucous in the English dictionary

The definition of glaucous in the dictionary is covered with a bluish waxy or powdery bloom. Other definition of glaucous is bluish-green.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GLAUCOUS


Aristarchus
ˌærɪˈstɑːkəs
carcase
ˈkɑːkəs
carcass
ˈkɑːkəs
caucus
ˈkɔːkəs
circus
ˈsɜːkəs
corcass
ˈkɔːkəs
cysticercus
ˌsɪstɪˈsɜːkəs
Dorcas
ˈdɔːkəs
ficus
ˈfiːkəs
fucus
ˈfjuːkəs
Hipparchus
hɪˈpɑːkəs
Leucas
ˈluːkəs
Leukas
ˈluːkəs
Lucas
ˈluːkəs
mucous
ˈmjuːkəs
mucus
ˈmjuːkəs
Ophiuchus
ɒˈfjuːkəs
Orcus
ˈɔːkəs
raucous
ˈrɔːkəs
submucous
sʌbˈmjuːkəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLAUCOUS

glauberite
Glauce
glaucescence
glaucescent
glaucoma
glaucomatous
glauconite
glauconitic
glaucous gull
glaucously
glaucousness
glaum
glaur
glaury
glaze
glaze ice
glazed
glazed frost
glazen
glazer

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLAUCOUS

aduncous
anticous
autoicous
coccous
couscous
dioicous
fuscous
lubricous
malacostracous
muticous
noctilucous
nonviscous
ochroleucous
paroicous
posticous
synoicous
talcous
verrucous
viscous
zincous

Synonyms and antonyms of glaucous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «glaucous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLAUCOUS

Find out the translation of glaucous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of glaucous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «glaucous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

白霜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

glauco
570 millions of speakers

English

glaucous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हलके नीले
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأخضر الشاحب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сизо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

glauco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সিন্ধুনীল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

glauque
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kelabu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

blaugrün
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

淡い青緑色の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

청록색
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Glaucous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lục lam
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடற்பச்சையான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिरवट निळसर रंगाचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mat yeşil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

glauco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sino
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сизо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

albăstriu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γλαυκοπράσινος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grysgroen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vittrut
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

polarmåke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of glaucous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GLAUCOUS»

The term «glaucous» is regularly used and occupies the 72.507 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GLAUCOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «glaucous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «glaucous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLAUCOUS»

Discover the use of glaucous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to glaucous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Reference Guide to Gulls of the Americas
For example, individuals of a small subspecies of Glaucous Gull (L. h. barrovianus) might be mistaken for 1celand Gull. And the European subspecies of Mew Gull (L. c. canus) — also known as Common Gull — can resemble Ring- billed Gull ...
Steve N. G. Howell, Jon Dunn, 2007
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Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion: A ...
In winter, Glaucous Gull in Alaska and Canada; in the lower 48 states, Western, California, and Herring Gulls; Thayer's Gull. MOVEMENT/MIGRATION: Although many northern birds are resident, others move south. Spring migration from late ...
Pete Dunne, 2013
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Dragons of a Fallen Sun: War of Souls Trilogy, Volume One
Glaucous asked with a slight lift of a delicate eyebrow. “The night of that terrible storm, Alhana and her rebels were preparing to launch an all-out assault on the shield when their camp was overrun by ogres. The young man went running to the ...
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, 2011
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Noxious Weeds of Australia
glaucous. star. thistle. Carthamus leucocaulos Sibth. &. Sm. star thistle St Barnaby's thistle perennial thistle, Californian thistle, Canada. diversify away from winter cereals, because herbicides are not available or not registered for these crops.
William Thomas Parsons, Eric George Cuthbertson, 2001
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Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, ...
... 700 glaucous banara, 1195 glaucous barberry, 1330 glaucous chocolatetree, 16036 glaucous chrysochlamys, 2752 glaucous cocainetree, 5266 glaucous falsebeech, 10939 glaucousfruit thiloa, 16057 glaucous guatteria, 6516 glaucous  ...
M.M. Grandtner, Julien Chevrette, 2013
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New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
J. A. FARRELL M. W. STUFKENS Entomology Division Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Private Bag, Christchurch, New Zealand Abstract A non- glaucous leaf variant of a spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) breeding line was ...
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Gulls: A Guide to Identification. 2nd Edition
head mark on each inner primary; from below in flight, underwing more uniformly grey-brown, showing much less translucency at wing-tip than Glaucous; tail solidly grey-brown (matching wing-tip colour) with pale fringe and small amount,  ...
P.J Grant, 2010
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The Complete Plant Selection Guide for Landscape Design
SILVER-GRAY. ABIES A. concolor A. lasiocarpa 'Glauca' A. procera 'Glauca' CEDRUS C. atlantica 'Glauca' FIR White Fir Blue Rocky Mountain Fir Blue Noble Fir CEDAR Blue Atlas Cedar green to blue-green silver-blue glaucous blue bluish ...
Marc C. Stoecklein, 2001
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Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Crassulaceae: ...
Very similar to T. minutiflora, but R not thickened; Ros short-stemmed to 7 cm, with 15-25 flat ± perennial L; L elliptic-oblong, 5 - 9 x 1.8-3 cm, thick, smooth, glaucous when young, flat or ventrally channelled; Inf thyrses, 23 - 46 cm, with 32 - 70 ...
Urs Eggli, 2003
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees: Volume 1: North America
... 3475 glaucescent comarostaphylis 2047 glaucescent helietta 3655 glaucescent litsea 4246 glaucescent oak 6633 glaucescent sacred fir 52 glaucous abarema 11 glaucous chrysochlamys 1675 glaucous CostaRica sterculia 7759 glaucous ...
M.M. Grandtner, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLAUCOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term glaucous is used in the context of the following news items.
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New bay tour offers science, sightseeing
Aptly named, Gull Island attracts several species of birds that nest in its crags, including black-legged kittiwakes, glaucous gulls, cormorants ... «Homer News, Jul 15»
2
Goose Island left to burn itself out
Goose Island is home to a number of seabirds including nesting cormorants, glaucous-winged gulls and oystercatchers. ANNA V. SMITH ... «Journal of the San Juan Islands, Jul 15»
3
RICHARD WILLIAMSON: Country Walk: Offham Hanger, Arundel
Here the reeds sparsely line the edge, and the glaucous green of salt-loving sea rye grass grows. By day the tiny town of Arundel has dining ... «Chichester Observer, Jul 15»
4
Conspiracy theory
As the glaucous Indus rushes, with crazed assiduity, through a deep and narrow and craggy gorge out of Ladakh and up into the groin between ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
5
Fire on Goose Island continues to burn
Goose Island is home to a number of seabirds including nesting cormorants, glaucous-winged gulls and oystercatchers. To read more go here. «Journal of the San Juan Islands, Jun 15»
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Homegrown Flower Business is Blooming
She points at the tiny acid-green flowers and glaucous leaves of Bupleurum rotundifolium in the posy on the table. "That's one of our most ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jun 15»
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Birding: Always another hybrid waiting to be hatched
We now know that it is actually a hybrid between a glaucous gull and a herring gull. Viable hybrids represent flies in the ointment as we try to ... «Press Herald, Jun 15»
8
Oceanic photos and call to action
A glaucous-winged gull, foraging intertidally, will eat anything that can fit in its bill, including an ochre sea star. Paul Colangelo. As juvenile ... «High Country News, Jun 15»
9
'Jaws' still has a bite, 40 years later
... the medical examiner's office, Hooper waxes scientific by saying she was killed by "a large squalus, possibly onjumanus or Isurus glaucous.". «Pensacola News Journal, Jun 15»
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Could the John Innes Centre's crop trial fields hold the secrets to …
She said most wheat currently grown in the UK is “glaucous”, with a pale greyish-blue tinge to its colour, which had visible surface waxes which ... «Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, Jun 15»

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