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Greyish

Meanings and phrases

greyish

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
adj.
  1. of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; grey; gray; grayish

greyish brown

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; dun; grayish brown; fawn
E.g.
  • The bark is greyish brown and vertically furrowed.
  • The greyish brown bark is smooth, fissured or scaly.
  • The upper surfaces of the hind feet are greyish brown.

pale greyish

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • The cephalopedeal mass is pale greyish.
  • The flour mite, which is pale greyish white in colour with pink legs, is the most common species of mite in foodstuffs.
  • Arothron immaculatus The immaculate puffer ("Arothron immaculatus"), also known as the yellow-eyed puffer, is a pale greyish to brownish pufferfish from the Indo-West Pacific.

greyish white

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Body greyish white with dark reddish-brown tegulae.
  • The surface of the shell is smooth and greyish white.
  • The body is grey to reddish-brown on the sides, and greyish white on the underparts.

dark greyish

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Hindwings are dark greyish brown.
  • Facies on the dark greyish ground are the paler grey antemedial band.
  • Apart from the earlies instars, the body is covered with scales, giving the light- to dark greyish animals a glimmering appearance.
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