rufous
pronunciation
How to pronounce rufous in British English:
UK ['ru:fəs]
How to pronounce rufous in American English:
US ['rufəs]
Word Origin
- rufous
- rufous: see red
- rufous (adj.)
- "reddish-brown," 1782, from Latin rufus "red, reddish, red-haired," from Osco-Umbrian cognate of Latin ruber "red" (see red (adj.1)).
Example
- 1. The bine is procumbent , fine , ramose much and rise , rufous .
- 2. Ovary pale brown or rufous tomentose or glabrous .
- 3. But the rufous hummingbird migrates the longest distance , from mexico to alaska and back , totaling 5000 miles .
- 4. Rufous or leaf sheath is flaxen , better amounts to 15cm ; blade degrades shape of the awn that show thorn .
- 5. Long elliptic male cone has knit , rufous , diameter 1cm , implement 8 scale .