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See definition of piceous on Dictionary.com
  • as inblack
  • as inonyx
  • as inpitch-black
  • as inpitchy

synonyms for piceous

  • sunless
  • unlighted
  • unlit
  • pitch-dark
  • starless
  • stygian
  • clouded
  • dusky
  • murky
  • shadowy

antonyms for piceous

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  • bright
  • sunny
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      How to use piceous in a sentence

      The labrum or upper-lip is fulvous; and the antenn are piceous.
      AN INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY: VOL. II (OF 4)WILLIAM KIRBY
      The legs are all black, with the digits only rather piceous.
      AN INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY: VOL. II (OF 4)WILLIAM KIRBY
      Abdomen: the apical margins of the segments obscurely and narrowly rufo-piceous, the apex ferruginous.
      JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY - VOL. 3VARIOUS
      The tarsi obscurely rufo-piceous, the claws ferruginous; wings dark fuscous, their base hyaline.
      JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY - VOL. 3VARIOUS
      Thorax: the wings hyaline and brilliantly iridescent; the legs dark rufo-piceous with a bright purple tinge.
      JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY - VOL. 3VARIOUS
      Abdomen petiolated, smooth and shining, with the apex and the margins of the segments narrowly rufo-piceous.
      JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY - VOL. 3VARIOUS
      In the trunk, the tegul or scales that defend the base of the wings are rufo-piceous.
      AN INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY: VOL. II (OF 4)WILLIAM KIRBY
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      WORDS RELATED TO PICEOUS

      • atramentous
      • brunet
      • charcoal
      • clouded
      • coal
      • dingy
      • dusky
      • ebon
      • ebony
      • inklike
      • inky
      • jet
      • jetty
      • livid
      • melanoid
      • murky
      • obsidian
      • piceous
      • pitch
      • pitch-black
      • pitch-dark
      • pitchy
      • raven
      • sable
      • shadowy
      • slate
      • sloe
      • somber
      • sombre
      • sooty
      • starless
      • stygian
      • swart
      • swarthy
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