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rufous (iou)



rufous adjective & noun. L18.
[from Latin rufus red, reddish + -OUS.]
A. adjective. Reddish-brown; rust-coloured. L18.
rufous hornero, rufous scrub-bird, rufous whistler, etc.
b. noun.
A reddish-brown colour. L18.
Either of two reddish-brown moths, the geometrid Coenocalpe lapidata (more fully slender-striped rufous), and the noctuid Coenobia rufa (more fully small rufous). M19.