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Definition of Ocherous
1. a. Of or pertaining to ocher; containing or resembling ocher; as, ocherous matter; ocherous soil.
Definition of Ocherous
1. Adjective. (American English) (alternative form of ochrous) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ocherous
1. containing or resembling ocher [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ocherous
Literary usage of Ocherous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1913)
"Fore wings light ocherous brown with bluish black markings consisting of a series of
... Hind wings blackish fuscous with an ocherous submarginal line. ..."
2. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1917)
"Palpi about one-fourth as long as the proboscis, clothed with ocherous yellow
scales, the apices whitish, the setae moderate, pale. Antennae with the joints ..."
3. Monograph of the Bombycine Moths of North America: Including Their by Alpheus Spring Packard, Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (1905)
"Hind wings rounded at the apex, full on the outer edge, and rounded at the inner
angle; ocherous, pink toward the base and inner edge, while the costal ..."
4. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1907)
"Antennae gray, annulated with ocherous. Labial palpi and head whitish gray.
Forewing ocherous strongly dusted with white, giving a speckled appearance to ..."
5. The Data of Geochemistry by Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1920)
"A nalyses of ocherous deposits. A. Deposit from Driburg, Germany. Analysis by
FJH Ludwig, ... ocherous deposits ..."
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