leadcolored

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leadcolored (comparative more leadcolored, superlative most leadcolored)

  1. Alternative form of lead-colored
    • 1830, Jonathan Stokes, Botanical Commentaries- Volume 1:
      Male atrous leadcoloured on the upper side, under side a mixture of whitish and ferruginous with cuspidate fasciae ;
    • 1913, Charles Fuller Baker, William Atwood Hilton, Journal of Entomology and Zoology - Volume 5, page 99:
      Antennae leadcolored with narrow white annulations; first joint white on the underside. Face white.
    • 1916, Proceedings of the United States National Museum:
      SYMPHOROMYLA PLUMBEA, new species. Female.—Head, thorax, and abdomen black, covered with smooth leadcolored pollen; antennae and legs black, knees red;