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Rufous   Listen
adjective
Rufous  adj.  Reddish; of a yellowish red or brownish red color; tawny.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... female always, as it is believed, of a dark blue colour, with a red thorax. The male, also, of Orsodacna atra, as I hear from Mr. Walsh, is black, the female (the so- called O. ruficollis) having a rufous thorax.), which I saw in Mr. Bates's collection, are generally redder but rather duller than the females, the latter being coloured of a more or less splendid golden-green. On the other hand, in one species the male is golden-green, the female ...
— The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin



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