nap@drutx.ATT.COM (N. A. Parsons) (01/12/89)
I may be misspelling this word, but does anyone know what "falmulated" (as in "flamulated owl") means? It doesn't seem to be in my dictionary and none of the books I have mentions it. Thanks! Nancy Parsons drutx!nap
nap@drutx.ATT.COM (N. A. Parsons) (01/12/89)
Well, it wasn't really misspelled, just mistyped. "Flamulated"; not "falmulated." Nancy Parsons
hansen@harris.cis.ksu.edu (Steve Hansen) (01/13/89)
from Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary Unabridged, 1979: flammulated: having a red tinge; ruddy: said of the plumage of birds
jao@megatest.UUCP (John Oswalt) (01/13/89)
In article <9928@drutx.ATT.COM> nap@drutx.ATT.COM (N. A. Parsons) writes: >I may be misspelling this word, but does anyone know what "falmulated" (as >in "flamulated owl") means? It doesn't seem to be in my dictionary and >none of the books I have mentions it. > >Thanks! >Nancy Parsons >drutx!nap I found the word (it's spelled "flammulated") in the OED supplement. It comes from the latin flammula, meaning flame, and means "Of a reddish color, ruddy." The Flammulated Owl, in it's red phase, has some reddish flecks on it. -- John Oswalt (..!sun!megatest!jao)
thebaut@infinet.UUCP (Suzanne Thebaut) (01/14/89)
In article <486@deimos.cis.ksu.edu> hansen@harris.cis.ksu.edu (Steve Hansen) writes: >from Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary Unabridged, 1979: > > flammulated: having a red tinge; ruddy: said of the plumage of birds While we are (sort of) on the subject: What color is 'rufous' (sp?)..??? Is it brown, reddish brown, what? Thanks. --Suzanne.