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English
Etymology
From Latin lūteus.
Adjective
luteous (comparative more luteous, superlative most luteous)
- Yellowish.
1909, G[eorge] H[enry] Verrall, Stratiomyidæ and Succeeding Families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain, London: Gurney & Jackson, , page 411:[…] the hind tibiæ more luteous than in T. cordiger, but with the apical sixth more contrastedly black; […]
- Of or pertaining to mud.
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