/al'yeuh tay"sheuhs/ , adj.
1. Zool. covered with minute cracks or wrinkles and having a pale, leathery-brown color.
2. having the color of soft brown leather.
[ 1870-75; alutacius, equiv. to L alut ( a ) leather softened with alum + -acius -ACIOUS (altered to -ACEOUS); L aluta appears to be a ptp. ( alu- + -ta, fem. of -tus ) akin to alu- in alumen ALUM 1 ]