Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
subfusk .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Duskish; dusky; moderately dark; brownish; tawny.
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- adjective
duskish ; moderatelydark ;tawny
Etymologies
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Latin subfuscus, suffuscus. See sub- and fuscous.
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Abdomen: the middle of the basal segment, the second and third segments at their base, broadly purple; the apical margin of the third tinged with purple; wings subfuscous, with their base hyaline.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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