Definitions
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- adjective of brown tinged with black
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Examples
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This species is blackish-brown, with white scales on the lower part of its thorax and legs.
Attack of the Urban Mosquitoes Aatekah Mir 2011
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The seeds contained in the pod are flat, glossy, blackish-brown ovals and are embedded in the flesh.
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The seeds contained in the pod are flat, glossy, blackish-brown ovals and are embedded in the flesh.
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This one had a white head with a pointy orange beak, a body that was covered in blackish-brown feathers, and yellow legs with claws that were longer than Pablo even if he was standing on his tiptoes.
Secret of the Super-small Superstar Lin Oliver 2010
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The seeds contained in the pod are flat, glossy, blackish-brown ovals and are embedded in the flesh.
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I scurried as fast as I could across his wing, burying my head in his blackish-brown feathers to avoid being seen.
Secret of the Super-small Superstar Lin Oliver 2010
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'Their heads looked as if they were wearing caps, and their colour was blackish-brown,' he said, adding that the four 'monsters' were about 30 to 40 metres away from him as he looked for firewood in a forest area.
Archive 2007-06-01 2007
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The owner of the duplex cut her losses and replaced all of the flooring, repainted the majority of the walls and replaced the now blackish-brown white ceramic toilet.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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"Their heads looked as if they were wearing caps, and their colour was blackish-brown," he said, adding the four "monsters" were about 30 to 40 metres 100 to 130 feet away from him as he looked for firewood in a forested area.
Sightings of ”Bigfoot” in India Prompt Official Probe | Impact Lab 2007
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There was a flirtatious twinkle in those blackish-brown eyes of his.
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