fulvous

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
17
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈfʊlvəs/ (UK)
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/ˈfʊlvəs/ (UK) · /ˈfʌlvəs/ (UK)

Definition of fulvous

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Tawny-colored.
    “It was a minute anatomical and generally descriptive account of the large fulvous Ourang-Outang of the East Indian Islands.”
    “The upper wings of the moth which Jacob held were undoubtedly marked with kidney-shaped spots of a fulvous hue.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fulvus (“reddish-brown”).

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