orichalceous
English
Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis), showing orichalceous wings
Etymology
From New Latin orichalceus, from orichalcum.
Adjective
orichalceous (comparative more orichalceous, superlative most orichalceous)
- Pertaining to, or resembling, orichalch; having a colour or lustre like that of brass.
- 1901, Biologia Centrali-Americana:
- Thoracic dorsum black, with orichalceous-pollinose stripes
- 1826, William Kirby, William Spence, An Introduction to Entomology: Or Elements of the Natural History of Insects: with Plates, volume 4, page 283:
- Orichalceous (Orichalceus). A splendour intermediate between that of gold and brass. Ex. upper wings of Noctua Chrysitis.
References
- “orichalceous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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