blue-gray
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Even blue-gray gnatcatchers, which weigh less than 7 grams, managed to pick at bits of a cicada like eating pieces of BBQ chicken.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 19, 2023
They came as a downy covering on a buttery white top with some feathers jutting out haphazardly, or on thick texture blue-gray flared pants evoking an anthropomorphic bird.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023
Barefoot, they wear sleeveless shifts in tasteful salmon-pink and blue-gray; pink girl stares off into the distance while her companion in gray braids her hair.
From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2023
Those trees have grown rapidly and now drape the wetland in shade, attracting a variety of birds, such as yellow warblers, blue-gray gnatcatchers and vermilion flycatchers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2022
The other is a tiny, delicate girl, her skin the dappled brown of a doe, her hair a cloud of white around her head, and a miniature pair of blue-gray butterfly wings on her back.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
