Another word for tawny

tawny Synonyms

tawny

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tanned, brownish-tan, leathery, dusky, reddish-tan, browned, brownish, dusky, dark, mulatto, russet, yellowish, golden, dark-gold, brownish-yellow, tannÃ© (French); see also dusky, brown, gold 2, red, tan, yellow. See syn. study at dusky.

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The bake lights came on briefly as he slowed down for the bridge and then the truck disappeared into a cloud of tawny dust.
His complexion is tawny, darker than that of the Chinese, but clearer than that of the Cambodian; his hair is black, coarse and long; his skin is thick; his forehead low; his skull slightly depressed at the top, but well developed at the sides.
It is black, with tawny rings round the eyes, and white cheeks, throat and chest.
Montium of ornithologists, which can be distinguished by its yellow bill, longer tail and reddish-tawny throat.
None of the sierras or mountains in Uruguay exceeds (or perhaps even attains) a height of 2000 ft.; but, contrasting in their tawny colour with the grassy undulating plains, they loom high and are often picturesque.

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