Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In zoology, same as ferruginous.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of a red color tinged with rust

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Examples

  • One painted shard just unearthed had a rust-red frame and a black spiral: a decoration common in ancient Greek art and a hint to the Philistines' origins in the Aegean.

    In Israel, diggers unearth the Bible's bad guys 2011

  • Later in the summer, you'll see the buds of rust-red flowers begin to appear.

    Kurt Michael Friese: Savoring Sorrel Season Kurt Michael Friese 2011

  • British Columbia and Alberta had the worst infestations, but Wyoming, Colorado and Montana were hit a hard blow, millions of acres turned a dull rust-red.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • British Columbia and Alberta had the worst infestations, but Wyoming, Colorado and Montana were hit a hard blow, millions of acres turned a dull rust-red.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • Lush shrubbery, reedy grasses and watercolor-hued flowers surround the rust-red tracks in a way that seems deliberate yet natural.

    New York’s High Line Park in the Sky Opens Today! | Inhabitat 2009

  • British Columbia and Alberta had the worst infestations, but Wyoming, Colorado and Montana were hit a hard blow, millions of acres turned a dull rust-red.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • British Columbia and Alberta had the worst infestations, but Wyoming, Colorado and Montana were hit a hard blow, millions of acres turned a dull rust-red.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • Where the sharp white ribs of cattle stand and stake the silent rust-red land and pierce the rocks amid the sand

    Path 2010

  • For as long as she could remember people had flocked to the national park in the autumn, since few places in the country could boast such a brilliant display of colour as here by the lake where the rust-red and orange shades of the dying leaves extended as far as the eye could see.

    'Hypothermia' 2010

  • Streaks of the rust-red oil could be seen in the waves off Pensacola Beach as cleanup crews worked in the rough weather to prepare the beach for the holiday weekend.

    BP Oil Spill Nears Record As Largest In Gulf History 2010

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