varicolored

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Many of them were large and varicolored, and left behind them a long train of fire.

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  1. adjective Having a variety of colors; variegated.

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  • Like the rest of the Eee bloodline, these varicolored desktop boxes are small, cheap and adorable (think AppleTV or Mac Mini). —  TechnologyOwl.com
  • Experiment in investigation of nannoplankton from varicolored flysch in the zone of the Marmorosh Cliffs, Ukrainian Carpathians. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • But fear not, Chicago, for your version of the presentation won't be so much a mere retread as an exploration of the same themes through a varicolored lens incorporating such Windy City icons as the Blues Brothers, Ira Glass, and the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. —  Rob Weychert: Editorials
  • Many of them were large and varicolored, and left behind them a long train of fire. —  Our Day In the Light of Prophecy
  • In the bright summer evenings long processions could be seen winding like a varicolored serpent among the gray trees. —  The Faery Tales of Weir
 

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/ˈvejrɪkulərd/
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