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nigro-
combining form of L. niger black, used in Ent. and Bot. to indicate a mixture of black with some other colour, or some feature of a blackish tint.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xlvi. IV. 303 When it is said of a body that it is nigro-æneous, it means that the æneous tint prevails. 1847Hardy in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. No. 5. 235 Breast nigro-pubescent. Ibid. 244 Legs nigrofuscous. Ibid. 253 Elytra..with a thickish nigro-pubescence. 1882Garden 23 Dec. 553/3 Nigro-hirsute Dendrobes with rich orange blossoms are rare. |