rufous
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
rufous (not comparable)
- of a reddish colour
Derived terms edit
- rufous-backed antvireo
- rufous-backed fantail
- rufous-bellied kookaburra
- rufous-bellied tit
- rufous-breasted sparrowhawk
- rufous bush chat
- rufous bush robin
- rufous-capped antshrike
- rufous-chested sparrowhawk
- rufous-collared sparrow
- rufous-crowned sparrow
- rufous grasswren
- rufous-naped tit
- rufous owl
- rufous scrub robin
- rufous-tailed hawk
- rufous-tailed rock thrush
- rufous-tailed scrub robin
- rufous-vented ground-cuckoo
- rufous-vented tit
- rufous warbler
- rufous-winged antshrike
Translations edit
colour
Noun edit
rufous (countable and uncountable, plural rufouses)
- (countable) Short for rufous hummingbird.
- 2021, Daniel I. Stein, Attracting Hummingbirds
- Partners in Flight — a conservation group that tracks several species of birds, including hummingbirds — estimates that the rufous population is currently 62% smaller than it was in 1966. […] Rufouses are adapting, however, and becoming more willing to use urban feeders and gardens.
- 2021, Daniel I. Stein, Attracting Hummingbirds
- (uncountable) A reddish-brown colour, as of rust.
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