Rufous

What do we mean by rufous?

Strong yellowish pink to moderate orange; reddish. adjective

Of a dull-red color; red but somewhat deficient in chroma: thus, a bay or chestnut horse is rufous; Venetian red is rufous. It enters into the specific name of many animals, technically called rufus, rufescens, etc.

Reddish; of a yellowish red or brownish red color; tawny. adjective

Of a red, reddish colour adjective

A reddish-brown colour, as of rust.

Words that are spelled similarly to rufous:
rufous, rufus, rugous.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word rufous:
bettong, nervure, babbler, fantail, slaty, reniform, streaking, tutt, hummingbird, rump, duller, underwing, nape, orbicular, hornbill, cere, streaked, tinge, nightjar, buff, flycatcher, tinamou, morph, mottling, thrush, paler, sunbird, plumage, lemur, barring, dusky, tinged, lark, dentate, tawny, blackish, whitish, diffused, indistinct, suffused, stigmata, suffusion, throat, belly, opossum, feathers, mandible, purplish, webs, fore, speck, costal, sexes, angled, grasshopper, kingfisher, fuscous, mottled, cheeks, barred, warbler, rufus, pale, woodpecker, shrew, tail, hooked, veins, reddish, shading, breast, patch, stripe, sparrow, oblique, darker, hind, owl, immature, forehead, patches, bluish, chestnut, whistler, yellowish, abdomen, cuckoo, medial, cinnamon, faint, coloration, edged, primaries, tipped, tips, underside, fascia, horseshoe, flattened, wings.

Words that rhyme with rufous:
doofus, rufus, dufus, sufis, lynx rufus, undue fuss.

Adjectives that are often used to describe rufous:
bright, pale, dark, rich, dull, deep, light, little, orange, black, uniform, more, male, general, female, abdomen, rusty, sandy, paler, less, foxy, extensive, yellowish, obscure, posterior, ochraceous, brown, darker, petiole, golden, latter, tawny, above.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective rufous:
brown, hummingbird, hummingbirds, tinge, colour, chestnut, buff, spots, tail, band, patch, color, tint, spot, edges, wash, crown, hairs, underparts, markings, breast, hair, fawn, head, feathers, collar, edgings, bars, margins, rump, phase, wings, bird, plumage, coloration, tips, sides, cap, bat, warbler, bands, fringes, grey, streaks, colouring, throat, coverts, bellied, line, patches, tints, sided, orange, suffusion, hue, coat, area, yellow, neck, shade, upperparts, kangaroo, back, flanks, tailed, necked, tinamou, stripe, tawny, legs, basally, edging, hummers, hummer, breasted, tendency, morph, pubescence, belly, whistler, wallaby, woodpecker, coloring, crowned, ground, backed, bar, winged, tones, nape, dove, margin, appearance, red, piculet.

Consonant match to rufous:
rufus, reface, raphus, wry face, reef face, ruf us.

Words that sound like rufous:
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