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piceous

adjective as in black

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The labrum or upper-lip is fulvous; and the antenn are piceous.

The legs are all black, with the digits only rather piceous.

Abdomen: the apical margins of the segments obscurely and narrowly rufo-piceous, the apex ferruginous.

The tarsi obscurely rufo-piceous, the claws ferruginous; wings dark fuscous, their base hyaline.

Thorax: the wings hyaline and brilliantly iridescent; the legs dark rufo-piceous with a bright purple tinge.

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On this page you'll find 106 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to piceous, such as: sunless, unlighted, unlit, pitch-dark, starless, and stygian.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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