Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of brown tinged with grey
Etymologies
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Examples
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They have a pale greyish-brown stripe along the top of their head, expanding into a flame with a dark central area over their abdomen.
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The velvety bark sac spider Clubiona corticalis is perhaps the smartest; dark greyish-brown, with a tan flare over the top of the abdomen that highlights a central, backward-pointing, dark streak.
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Left to cook hamburgers one night when my parents were at bridge club, she put the greyish-brown lump of dead cow flesh down in front of me and proceeded to tell me about tapeworms.
Can Bone-Munching Zombie Worms Help Fight Childhood Obesity?
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Their thick winter coats are heavy with water, making dark and drear their dry shades of greyish-brown hair.
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The local rabbits, btw, are all greyish-brown and about half the size of your black monsters, and far too shy to eat from anyone's hand; 'though only when they notice that they ought to be.
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The thick coat is greyish-brown in colour; males may have a more yellow tinge and they have particularly large testicles, which may be related to sperm competition.
"John Gibson Did Not Compare Eric Holder To Monkey With Bright Blue Scrotum."
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A solitary tree covers the expanse of a wide open sky, with an old well for company that welcomes the rains, as greyish-brown fields fade toward the silvery clouds.
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Gerhardt looked up, his greyish-brown eyes a study under their heavy sandy lashes.
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It was the boat with greyish-brown sails, which she saw now flatten itself upon the water and shoot off across the bay.
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She lifted to him those greyish-brown eyes that seemed full of soft light.
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