Definition of Fucous

1. of or pertaining to fucoids [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fucous

fucoses
fucosidase
fucosidases
fucoside
fucosidoses
fucosidosis
fucosterol epoxide lyase
fucosyl
fucosyl galactose alpha-n-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
fucosyl transferase
fucosylated
fucosylation
fucosyls
fucosyltransferase
fucosyltransferases
fucous (current term)
fucoxanthin
fucoxanthins
fuculose
fucus
fucused
fucuses
fucusol
fud
fudder
fudders
fuddies
fuddle
fuddle-duddled

Literary usage of Fucous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide to the Study of Insects and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1876)
"... Say is a variegated species, the costal margin of the wing being provided with transverse fucous lines. ..."

2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1896)
"... varied with fucous and pale, generally forming a band on the middle which is more distinct on the costal margin, spot at tip and larger one at base; ..."

3. An introduction to pathology and morbid anatomy by Thomas Henry Green, Hubert Montague Murray (1895)
"^fucous Cysts.—These are formed by the retention of secretions in the glands of mucous membranes. y. ..."

4. Species Filicum: Being Descriptions of the Known Ferns, Particularly of Such by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1864)
"... Kze. ; " caudex creeping densely clothed with ovate acuminato-setose rufo- fucous scales, ..."

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