alutaceous

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/ˌæljʊˈteɪʃəs//ˌæləˈteɪʃəs/

adjective

leathery in color or texture.

OriginLatin alutacius →
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Meanings

adjectivealutaceous (comparative more alutaceous, superlative most alutaceous)

comparative more alutaceous · superlative most alutaceous

  1. archaicbiologyleathery in color or texture.

    Elytra a little longer than wide conjointly, finely striate, intervals with a row of moderately coarse elongate punctures each bearing a semierect hair, surface subgranularly alutaceous.

    1877, Transactions of the American Entomological Society, volume VI, page 286

Origin

  1. Latinalutacius
  2. Englishalutaceous

Latin alutacius, from aluta (“soft leather”).

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APA

alutaceous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alutaceous

MLA

“alutaceous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alutaceous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alutaceous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alutaceous.

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