fulgid

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Through the brown shade the fulgid weapons shined:

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  1. Flashing; glittering; shining; gleaming; dazzling: as, “fulgid weapons,” Pope.
  2. Specifically In entom.; Of a bright, fiery red.
  3. Of a reddish-brown diaphanous color with red reflections, as displayed on the wings of certain Hymenoptera.

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  1. = Spanish fúlgido = Portuguese Italian fulgido, from Latin fulgidus, flashing, glittering, shining, from fulgere, flash, etc.: see fulgent.
 

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