rufous
/ˈruːfəs
/adjective
Reddish brown in colour: handsome rufous plumage...
- Karl Vernes' current interest is in a small rufous bettong colony that lives in the New England region of northern NSW.
- Males in breeding plumage are unmistakable with their dark blue color, rufous sides and crown, and striking white patterning on the face, neck, sides, and back.
- The adult in breeding plumage is mottled black-and-brown, with little or no rufous coloration.
noun [mass noun]
A reddish-brown colour: pale southern races of peregrine have some rufous on nape...
- This large, long-tailed flycatcher has a pale yellow belly, gray breast and head, and rufous on its wings and tail.
Origin
Late 18th century: from Latin rufus 'red, reddish' + -ous.
Rhymes
- well-pointed
- well-poised
- well-pole
- well-policed
- well-polished
- well-populated
- well-positioned
- well-practiced
- well-practised
- well-prepared
- well preserved
- well-pressed
- well-primed
- well-principled
- well-printed
- well-prized
- well-produced
- well-proportionated
- well proportioned
- well-proved
- well-proven
- well-provendered
- well-provided
- well-provided-for
- well-publicized