PICEOUS


Meaning of PICEOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpī-sē-əs ]

adjective

Etymology: Latin piceus, from pic-, pix pitch — more at pitch

Date: 1826

: of, relating to, or resembling pitch ; especially : glossy brownish black in color

an insect with a piceous abdomen

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