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plumbeous

[ pluhm-bee-uhs ]

adjective

  1. resembling or containing lead; leaden.


plumbeous

/ ˈplʌmbɪəs /

adjective

  1. made of or relating to lead or resembling lead in colour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of plumbeous1

First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin plumbeus, equivalent to plumb(um) “lead” + -eus -eous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of plumbeous1

C16: from Latin plumbeus leaden, from plumbum lead
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Example Sentences

Resemble ♂, but upper tail-coverts plumbeous, underparts white.

Immature: Like adults, except that the plumbeous band of breast is heavily mixed with rusty (suggesting chestnut of female).

NW San Lorenzo, are plumbeous-gray rather than pale dull gray.

It is only in the breeding-plumage that this species wears the slaty plumbeous hood.

Colour plumbeous, lighter below, darkest on the fins and snout.

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