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Definition of Aeneous
1. having a greenish gold color [adj]
Medical Definition of Aeneous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Aeneous
Literary usage of Aeneous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the by Francis Walker, John Edward Gray (1865)
"Abdomen aeneous-brown at the tip, extending rather beyond the hind wings.
Fore tibia towards the tips and fore knees aeneous-brown. ..."
2. Die Bienen Europa's(apidae Europaeae) nach ihren Gattungen, Arten und by Heinrich Friese (1901)
"with a bright violet iridescence towards their base, changing to an aeneous tint
at their apical margins. The lateral margins of the abdomen towards its ..."
3. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria edited by Giacomo Doria (1899)
"Head obscure aeneous, finely and remotely punctured, longitudinally grooved
between the eyes, the anterior margin of the clypeus nearly straight, ..."
4. The Entomological Magazine (1833)
"Another and a very elegant variety has the head and thorax aeneous green ; the
mesoscutum green ; the first abdominal segment bright ..."
5. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1884)
"Black, elytra often aeneous, and sometimes paler at the ^fe c>uter joint» nearly
as wide as long; head moderately large in both sexes, sub- S"»«-! rate, ..."
6. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1844)
"If) Body convex, aeneous : head and thorax finely ... aeneous ; third and fourth
joints very minute; fifth and following joints to the tenth transverse, ..."
7. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1898)
"Metallic greenish black below, above obscure aeneous; thorax very finely aud
rather closely punctured; elytra obsoletely and finely punctate-striate, ..."
8. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1907)
"Tooth of front tarsal claw joint obsolete ; larger more elongate species; thorax
black or blackish aeneous with side margins pale; elytra testaceous, ..."
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