cinereous
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4ADJ.
dusky, grey
VERB + CINEREOUS
part
CINEREOUS + NOUN
native, streaks, viper
PREP.
with, with
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adj
Of an ash-gray colour.
With a bill two inches and a half long , very ſlender , and a little recurvated : head , and upper part of neck , cinereous , with dusky lines : over each eye a white line
Coluber cinereus, the cinereous viper; a native cf South America and India; of a cinereous grey colour; the abdomen white, angulated ; the scales of the tail ferruginous at the edges.
Like ashes.
Containing ashes.
We likewise see by the valuable Work of Andrew Burdon, professor of the Royal French Academy of Painting, that the Antients occasionally used the Amphora form in other parts of the world as both cinereous and lachrymal urns; […]
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3With a bill two inches and a half long , very ſlender , and a little recurvated : head , and upper part of neck , cinereous , with dusky lines : over each eye a white line
WiktionaryColuber cinereus, the cinereous viper; a native cf South America and India; of a cinereous grey colour; the abdomen white, angulated ; the scales of the tail ferruginous at the edges.
WiktionaryWings tailed, white, with a brown border; beneath varied with ferruginous and yellow, the lower ones with two cinereous streaks.
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