Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Tinged with red.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending to be rufous; somewhat rufous, or verging toward a dull-red color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Reddish; tinged with red.
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- adjective Reddish; tinged with red.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Among the bird species the following are the commonest: military macaw Ara militaris (VU), rufescent tinamu Crypturellus cinnamomeus, spot‑bellied bobwhite Colinus leucopogon, great curassow Crax rubra, crested guan Penelope purpurascens, blue‑winged teal Anas discors, roseate spoonbill Ajaia ajaja, thick knee Burhinus bistriatus, jabiru Jabiru mycteria (VU), ibis Eudocimus albus and laughing falcon Herpetotheres cachinans.
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Also a great variety of tropical marine birds including rufescent tiger-heron (Tigrisoma lineatum), wood stork (Mycteria americana), and horned screamer (Anhima cornuta) are just a few species present in this ecoregion, not to mention invertebrates such as shrimp, crabs and mollusks.
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The rufescent ant, in fact, is a purely military caste, which has devoted itself entirely to the pursuit of arms, leaving every other form of activity to its slaves and dependents.
Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Grant Allen 1873
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The rufescent ant has lost even the very power of feeding itself.
Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Grant Allen 1873
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-- Above sub-rufescent cat-grey, washed with blackish brown on the back and sides and front of face, rufescent yellow beneath; the hind limbs more rufous; fur close, adpressed, rather harsh; tail with a black tip.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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The hairs are tinged with three bands of dusky rufescent yellow and blackish-brown, the latter being most intense on the face, forehead, head and back (_see_ 'P.Z. S.' 1871, p. 560).
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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Eggs three or four, rosy or faint purplish white, thickly sprinkled with specks and spots of darker rufescent purple or claret colour.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870
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MUS AEQUICAUDALIS. of Hodgson, described in Horsfield's Catalogue as pure dark brown above, with a very slight cast of rufescent in a certain aspect; underneath from the chin to the vent, with interior of thighs, yellowish-white; ears nearly an inch long; head proportionately long
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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The eggs are usually three in number, of a rosy or purplish white, sprinkled over rather numerously with deep claret or rufescent purple specks and spots.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870
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-- Deep blackish brown, very slightly rufescent in certain lights; tail slender, nearly naked, very slightly attenuated, compressed at the tip.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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