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rufescent

[ roo-fes-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. somewhat reddish; tinged with red; rufous.


rufescent

/ ːˈɛəԳ /

adjective

  1. botany tinged with red or becoming red
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڱԳ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ڱcԳ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of rufescent1

First recorded in 1800–10; from Latin ūڱԳ- (stem of ūڱŧԲ, present participle of ūڱ “to redden”), derivative of ū(ܲ) red 1 “tɲԲ”; -escent
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of rufescent1

C19: from Latin ūڱ to grow reddish, from ūڳܲ red, auburn
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Female brown; beneath brighter and rufescent.

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Description.—Above earthy brown with a rufescent tinge on the back, superciliaries white; wings blackish, with a white bar on the secondaries and a second white bar on the inner primaries; tail blackish, outer rectrices tipped with white; beneath white, passing into greyish cinnamomeous on the flanks and crissum; bend of the wing and under wing-coverts white; bill and feet horn-colour: whole length 8·0 inches, wing 4·0, tail 3·3.

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Description.—Above pale earthy brown; crown black, striped with clear brown; lores, sides of head, and throat white, with minute black spots; wings blackish, the edges of the outer webs of the primaries and the basal part of the secondaries light rufescent brown; tail black, lateral rectrices tipped and margined with pale grey; beneath pale grey, throat white; bill and feet horn-colour: whole length 6·2 inches, wing 2·4, tail 3·5.

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Description.—Above brown, tinged with olive on the back, but clear and rufescent on the hind head and rump; crest-feathers blackish brown; wings blackish; tail chestnut; beneath earthy brown, throat rufous; under wing- and tail-coverts and inner margins of wing-feathers pale rufous; bill pale bluish, feet bluish horn-colour: whole length 9·8 inches, wing 4·6, tail 4·2.

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Description.—Above olive-green; cap brownish ochraceous, more or less rufescent; front and superciliaries chestnut-red; sides of head clear grey, beneath pale buff; breast and flanks yellow; throat greyish white; bill reddish grey, feet grey; eye reddish: total length 7·0 inches, wing 3·4, tail 2·8.

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