flavous

adjective

fla·​vous

ˈflāvəs,

-lav-

: yellow sense 1a

especially : of a clear pure yellow

—used chiefly in technical descriptions in taxonomy and usually postpositively

elytra and antennae flavous

compare luteous

Word History

Etymology

Latin flavus yellow

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