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Definition of Piceous
1. a. Of or pertaining to pitch; resembling pitch in color or quality; pitchy.
Definition of Piceous
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to pitch; resembling pitch in color or quality; pitchy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Piceous
1. glossy-black in color [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piceous
Literary usage of Piceous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1891)
"... clypeus rough with coarse punctures; labrum smooth, with a faint impression
on each side and commonly one in the middle; mandibles rufo-piceous at tips, ..."
2. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous-Hemiptera in the Collection of by Francis Walker (1873)
"Fore wings piceous. Length of the hody 3J lines. a. Amazon Region. ... Antennae
piceous, somewhat longer than the head and the prothorax together; ..."
3. British Entomology: Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of ...by John Curtis by John Curtis (1840)
"... 2nd joint piceous, the apex palest: tips of mandibles and base of ... piceous :
thorax transverse : elytra with a deep channel on each side the suture, ..."
4. Rhynchophora Or Weevils of North Eastern America by Willis Stanley Blatchley, Charles William Leng (1916)
"... the scales usually eroded, leaving these dark areas bare; legs dark reddish-brown
to piceous. Beak rather stout, as long as head and thorax, male, ..."
5. The British Hemiptera by John William Douglas, John Scott (1865)
"Tarsi hairy beneath; the last 5 of the 3rd joint piceous. Abdomen beneath
ochreous-red, very finely punctured. Length, 3t lines. ..."
6. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia by Entomological Society of Philadelphia (1865)
"Abdomen above somewhat glabrous, beneath with long sparse white pubescence; black,
the base and apex piceous. Legs flavo-testa- ceous. ..."
7. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1907)
"Head and thorax yellowish, the hitter with a piceous spot each side. ...
The piceous spaces at the sides of thorax extend so that the entire surface may be ..."
8. List of the Specimens of Dipterous Insects in the Collection of the British by Francis Walker (1848)
"Head tawny, paler beneath, where it is thickly clothed with pale tawny hairs:
eyes dark piceous: mouth pale tawny; sucker black: chest brown, ..."
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