Meanings
adjectiveorichalceous (comparative more orichalceous, superlative most orichalceous)
comparative more orichalceous · superlative most orichalceous
- Pertaining to, or resembling, orichalch; having a colour or lustre like that of brass.
Thoracic dorsum black, with orichalceous-pollinose stripes
1901, Biologia Centrali-Americana1 more example
Orichalceous (Orichalceus). A splendour intermediate between that of gold and brass. Ex. upper wings of Noctua Chrysitis.
1826, William Kirby, William Spence, An Introduction to Entomology: Or Elements of the Natural History of Insects: with Plates, volume 4, page 283
Origin
- New Latinorichalceus
- Englishorichalceous
From New Latin orichalceus, from orichalcum.
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