Isabelline
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪzəˈbɛlɪn/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Isabelline is an adjective meaning (chiefly of animals) Coloured a greyish yellow.
Meaning
(chiefly of animals) Coloured a greyish yellow.
Example Sentences
Isabelline -us: pale yellow with some red and brown [chronic lemon with a little carmine and roman sepia].
As Mr. Tristram has remarked, in regard to the inhabitants of the Sahara, all are protected by their “isabelline or sand-colour.”
The isabelline (or Daurian) shrike is a greyish-yellow and hunts from prominent perches, impaling the corpses on thorns as a larder.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include yellow-bellied, canary, fire-bellied, brunnescent, yellow-throated, ianthine.
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