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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024al•u•ta•ceous (al′yə tā′shəs),USA pronunciation adj. - Zoologycovered with minute cracks or wrinkles and having a pale, leathery-brown color.
- having the color of soft brown leather.
- Late Latin alūtācius, equivalent. to Latin alūt(a) leather softened with alum + -ācius -acious (altered to -aceous); Latin alūta appears to be a past participle (alū- + -ta, feminine of -tus) akin to alū- in alūmen alum1
- 1870–75
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