REDDISH-BROWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reddish-brown mean? 

• REDDISH-BROWN (adjective)
  The adjective REDDISH-BROWN has 1 sense:

1. of brown tinged with red

  Familiarity information: REDDISH-BROWN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDDISH-BROWN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of brown tinged with red

Synonyms:

mahogany-red; red-brown; reddish-brown

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

 Context examples 

He opened the paper as he spoke and disclosed a heap of reddish-brown, snuff-like powder.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The arched form consisting of a reddish-brown cortical substance running from one cortical column to the next between the base of the pyramid and the capsule in the kidney.

(Cortical Arch, NCI Thesaurus)

A medium-sized macaque that tends to be an opportunistic omnivore, the Macaca fascicularis has grey-brown or reddish-brown fur that lightens ventrally, and cheek whiskers.

(Cynomolgus Maritius Monkey, NCI Thesaurus)

Scientists are eager to learn if the reddish-brown fractures, and other markings spattered across the surface, contain clues about the geological history of Europa and the chemistry of the global ocean that is thought to exist beneath the ice.

(NASA Issues 'Remastered' View of Jupiter's Moon Europa, NASA)

In an instant out there slipped a beautiful reddish-brown creature, thin and lithe, with the legs of a stoat, a long, thin nose, and a pair of the finest red eyes that ever I saw in an animal’s head.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)