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fulvous

/ˈfʊlvəs/ UK
/ˈfʌlvəs/ UK

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Borrowed from Latin fulvus (“reddish-brown”).

adjective

not comparable Tawny-colored. It was a minute anatomical and generally descriptive account of the large fulvous Ourang-Outang of the East Indian Islands.

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@misc{fulvous_2026,
  title = {fulvous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fulvous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}