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单词 rufescent
释义 rufescent, a. and n.|ruːˈfɛsənt|
[ad. L. rūfescent-, rūfescens, pres. pple. of rūfescĕre, f. rūfus reddish.]
Of a colour tending to reddish; somewhat rufous.
1817Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xvii. (1818) II. 77 The rufescent ants do not leave their nests to go upon these expeditions..till [etc.].1823W. Scoresby Jrnl. 417 Back grey,..lower parts rufescent.1874Coues Birds N.W. 304 The same rufescent phase occurs in other species of Owls.
b. ellipt. as n. An ant of this colour.
1817Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xvii. (1818) II. 81 When the rufescents, laden with pillage, retire, they do it in close order.
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