luteofulvous

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/ˌluːtɪəʊˈfʌlvəs/

adjective

Having an orange-tawny color.

Scrabble 18
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Meanings

adjective
  1. rareHaving an orange-tawny color.

    What in water did Bloom […] admire? […] its lueofulvous bed.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 17: Ithaca]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 624
    1 more example

    [I]t also bee-stripes itself tawny yellow and black and protracts luteofulvous antennae.

    2010, Alison Syme, A Touch of Blossom, page 274

Origin

From luteo- + fulvous.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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