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Definition: FULVOUS

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of gray and brown.[Websters]
2. Being tawny or khaki. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb fulvously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(fulvously)		 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective fulvous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Fulvous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Fulvous \Ful"vous\, adjective. [Latin expression fulvus.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: FULVOUS

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Yellow; tawny; saffron-colored.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Adjective] Tawny-coloured. 1841, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue": It was a minute anatomical and generally descriptive account of the large fulvous Ourang-Outang of the East Indian Islands. 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 17: The upper wings of the moth which Jacob held were undoubtedly marked with kidney-shaped spots of fulvous hue. (references)

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Common Expressions: FULVOUS

Expressions Definition
Fulvous Whistling Duck The Fulvous Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor, is a whistling duck which breeds across the world's tropical regions in much of Central and South America, sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent. (references)

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Topics by Level of Interest: FULVOUS

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Fulvous Whistling Duck 7     Fulvous Chatterer 5
Fulvous Parrotbill 5     Fulvous Harvest Mouse 5
Fulvous Chatterer 5     Fulvous Owl 4
Fulvous Harvest Mouse 5     Fulvous Parrotbill 5
Fulvous Shrike-tanager 5     Fulvous Pygmy Rice Rat 4
Fulvous Wren 5     Fulvous Shrike-tanager 5
Fulvous Owl 4     Fulvous Whistling Duck 7
Fulvous Pygmy Rice Rat 4     Fulvous Wren 5

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonyms: fulvous
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Adjective

 tawny.
Consider also: swarthy.

Other

 fulvid, filemot, mulatto.
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Computed Synonyms: fulvous

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   7.0092   fulvous     tawny     tan, rufous, Fauvist, Big cat, faded red   
 2   2.3093   fulvous     sequacious     subservient, consistent, coherent, servile, submissive   
 3   2.3092   fulvous     obsequious     servile, subservient, submissive, obedient, slavish   
 4   2.0094   fulvous     mulatto     hybrid, mongrel, crossbreed, tawny, half caste   
 5   2.0093   fulvous     slimy     sticky, muddy, miry, viscous, sludgy   
 6   2.0093   fulvous     slavish     servile, subservient, submissive, obsequious, menial   
 7   2.0093   fulvous     servile     slavish, subservient, submissive, obsequious, menial   
 8   2.0093   fulvous     lurid     sharp, acute, acrid, acerbic, acrimonious   
 9   2.0092   fulvous     tan     tanning, suntan, brown, sunburn, bronze   
 10   2.0092   fulvous     bay     bark, inlet, bight, laurel, gulf   
 11   2.0092   fulvous     menial     servant, slavish, low, footman, domestic   
 12   2.0092   fulvous     khaki     kaki, persimmon, tawny, tan, khakis   
 13   2.0091   fulvous     submissive     obedient, docile, subservient, servile, meek   
 14   2.0091   fulvous     sneaking     sneak, furtive, stealthy, surreptitious, secret   
 15   2.0090   fulvous     subservient     servile, submissive, slavish, obsequious, subordinate   
--------------------     57 synonyms ranked from 16 to 72 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: fulvous

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.0090   fulvous     out of taste     tasteless, in poor taste, objectionable   
 2   1.0088   fulvous     in poor taste     tasteless, Naff, cheap   
 3   1.0087   fulvous     griffon vulture     vulture, griffon, griffin vulture   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Expressions: fulvous

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Expression

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.7778   fulvous babbler or fulvous chatterer     fulvous babbler         
 2   1.7778   fulvous babbler     fulvous babbler or fulvous chatterer         
 3   1.0181   fulvous tree duck     Dendrocygna bicolor         
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: FULVOUS

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Albanian qimekuq (bay, fulvous, red-headed, sorrel), i murmë (dun, fulvous). Additional references: Albanian, Turkey (Europe), fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Arnaut qimekuq (bay, fulvous, red-headed, sorrel), i murmë (dun, fulvous). Additional references: Arnaut, Turkey (Europe), fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski жълтеникавокафяв (khaki, tan, filemot, fulvous, lurid), жълтеникаво кафяв (fulvous). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski (transliteration) zhʺltenikavokafyav (khaki, tan, filemot, fulvous, lurid), zhʺltenikavo kafyav (fulvous). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian nevkusný (tasteless, fulvous, gaudy, inelegant, out of taste). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese servil (servile, slavish, subservient, menial, obsequious). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian жълтеникавокафяв (khaki, tan, filemot, fulvous, lurid), жълтеникаво кафяв (fulvous). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian (transliteration) zhʺltenikavokafyav (khaki, tan, filemot, fulvous, lurid), zhʺltenikavo kafyav (fulvous). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina nevkusný (tasteless, fulvous, gaudy, inelegant, out of taste). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 茶色的 (fulvous, tan, tawny), 黄褐色的 (fawn, fulvous, khaki, snuff-coloured), 黃褐色的 (fulvous, mulatto), 双色树鸭 (fulvous whistling duck). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 茶色的 (fulvous, tan, tawny), 黃褐色的 (fawn, fulvous, khaki, snuff-coloured, cinnamon). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech nevkusný (tasteless, fulvous, gaudy, inelegant, out of taste). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari گندمگون (fulvous, tawny, wheaten), تيره (obscure, murky, dark, darkle, fuscous), سبزه (brunette, brunet, grass, green, greenery), زرد كمرنگ (fallow, primrose, fulvous). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Gelbe Pfeifgans (Fulvous Whistling Duck). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch voskleurig (bay, fulvous), Rosse fluiteend (fulvous whistling duck), Bruingele babbelaar (fulvous babbler). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Français dendrocygne fauve (fulvous whistling duck), paradoxornis à front fauve (fulvous parrotbill), chouette fauve (fulvous owl), tangara mordoré (fulvous shrike tanager), cratérope fauve (fulvous babbler, fulvous babbler or fulvous chatterer), dendrocygnefauve (Dendrocygna bicolor, fulvous tree duck), dendrocygna bicolor (fulvous tree duck). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
French dendrocygne fauve (fulvous whistling duck), paradoxornis à front fauve (fulvous parrotbill), chouette fauve (fulvous owl), tangara mordoré (fulvous shrike tanager), cratérope fauve (fulvous babbler, fulvous babbler or fulvous chatterer), dendrocygnefauve (Dendrocygna bicolor, fulvous tree duck), dendrocygna bicolor (fulvous tree duck). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Gaelg buigh-ruy (carroty, fulvous, bay, bay colour). Additional references: Gaelg, United Kingdom, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Gailck buigh-ruy (carroty, fulvous, bay, bay colour). Additional references: Gailck, United Kingdom, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
German Gelbe Pfeifgans (Fulvous Whistling Duck). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek dendrocygna bicolor (fulvous tree duck). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 낙엽빛의 (fulvous), 황갈색의 (fulvous, mulatto, tan, tawny, snuffcolo(u)red). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 낙엽빛의 (fulvous), 황갈색의 (fulvous, mulatto, tan, tawny, snuffcolo(u)red). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew אדמדם (reddish, florid, fulvous, rubicund, ruddy). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Gelbe Pfeifgans (Fulvous Whistling Duck). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Gelbe Pfeifgans (Fulvous Whistling Duck). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian vörösbarna (foxy, fulvous, puce). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian fulvo (tawny, fulvous, fallow, foxy, ginger). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit אדמדם (reddish, florid, fulvous, rubicund, ruddy). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 黄褐色の (tawny, mulatto, fulvous, russet, snuff-color). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 낙엽빛의 (fulvous), 황갈색의 (fulvous, mulatto, tan, tawny, snuffcolo(u)red). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar vörösbarna (foxy, fulvous, puce). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Manx buigh-ruy (carroty, fulvous, bay, bay colour). Additional references: Manx, United Kingdom, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Manx Gaelic buigh-ruy (carroty, fulvous, bay, bay colour). Additional references: Manx Gaelic, United Kingdom, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi گندمگون (fulvous, tawny, wheaten), تيره (obscure, murky, dark, darkle, fuscous), سبزه (brunette, brunet, grass, green, greenery), زرد كمرنگ (fallow, primrose, fulvous). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian گندمگون (fulvous, tawny, wheaten), تيره (obscure, murky, dark, darkle, fuscous), سبزه (brunette, brunet, grass, green, greenery), زرد كمرنگ (fallow, primrose, fulvous). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi) گندمگون (fulvous, tawny, wheaten), تيره (obscure, murky, dark, darkle, fuscous), سبزه (brunette, brunet, grass, green, greenery), زرد كمرنگ (fallow, primrose, fulvous). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese servil (servile, slavish, subservient, menial, obsequious), marreca-caneleira (fulvous whistling duck), pato-marreco-arruivado (fulvous tree duck), dendrocygna bicolor (fulvous tree duck). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi Saharaskriktrast (fulvous babbler), Brun visseland (fulvous whistling duck). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian бурый (fulvous), рыжеватый (auburn, fulvous), красновато-желтый (fulvous), Dendrocygna bicolor (fulvous whistling duck). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) buryy (fulvous), ryzhevatyy (auburn, fulvous), krasnovato-zheltyy (fulvous), Dendrocygna bicolor (fulvous whistling duck). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki бурый (fulvous), рыжеватый (auburn, fulvous), красновато-желтый (fulvous), Dendrocygna bicolor (fulvous whistling duck). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) buryy (fulvous), ryzhevatyy (auburn, fulvous), krasnovato-zheltyy (fulvous), Dendrocygna bicolor (fulvous whistling duck). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Shkip qimekuq (bay, fulvous, red-headed, sorrel), i murmë (dun, fulvous). Additional references: Shkip, Turkey (Europe), fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Shqip qimekuq (bay, fulvous, red-headed, sorrel), i murmë (dun, fulvous). Additional references: Shqip, Turkey (Europe), fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Shqiperë qimekuq (bay, fulvous, red-headed, sorrel), i murmë (dun, fulvous). Additional references: Shqiperë, Turkey (Europe), fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Skchip qimekuq (bay, fulvous, red-headed, sorrel), i murmë (dun, fulvous). Additional references: Skchip, Turkey (Europe), fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish leonado (tawny, fulvous, brindled, chamois, griffon vulture), amarillo rojizo (fulvous), yaguaso colorado (fulvous whistling duck), suirirí Leonardo (fulvous whistling duck), pijiji canelo (fulvous whistling duck), pato silbón común (fulvous whistling duck), pato silbón (fulvous whistling duck). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska Saharaskriktrast (fulvous babbler), Brun visseland (fulvous whistling duck). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish Saharaskriktrast (fulvous babbler), Brun visseland (fulvous whistling duck). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Tosk qimekuq (bay, fulvous, red-headed, sorrel), i murmë (dun, fulvous). Additional references: Tosk, Turkey (Europe), fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish koyu sarı (amber, fulvous, ocher, ochre), kızılımsı sarı (fulvous). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian бурий (fulvous). Additional references: Ukrainian, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian (transliteration) buriy (fulvous). Additional references: Ukrainian, fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
Zhgabe qimekuq (bay, fulvous, red-headed, sorrel), i murmë (dun, fulvous). Additional references: Zhgabe, Turkey (Europe), fulvous. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: FULVOUS

Language Translations for “fulvous” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag fathagulvathagous (fulvous). Additional references: Athag, fulvous. (volunteer)
Double Dutch fagulvagous (fulvous). Additional references: Double Dutch, fulvous. (volunteer)
Leet |?|-|(_)1\/¤(_)§ (fulvous). Additional references: Leet, fulvous. (volunteer)
Oppish fopulvopous (fulvous). Additional references: Oppish, fulvous. (volunteer)
Pig Latin ulvousfay (fulvous). Additional references: Pig Latin, fulvous. (volunteer)
Terran B servil (fulvous). Additional references: Terran B, fulvous. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi fubulvubous (fulvous). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, fulvous. (volunteer)
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Ancestral and Extinct Language Translations: FULVOUS

Language Period Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Latin 500 BCE - 1700 Dendrocygna bicolor (fulvous whistling duck, fulvous, whistling), Strix fulvescens (fulvous owl), Turdoides fulvus (fulvous babbler, fulvous babbler or fulvous chatterer). Additional references: Latin, fulvous. (volunteer)
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