Lacteous

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. milky; resembling milk
  • adj. lacteal; conveying chyle
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Milky; resembling milk.
  • adj. Lacteal; conveying chyle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Milky; resembling milk.
  • Lacteal; conveying chyle: as, a lacteous vessel.
  • In entomology, white with a very slight bluish-gray tinge, like the color of milk: applied generally to white surfaces which are somewhat translucent.
  • Word Usage
    "And there might have been other inducements -- such as the hope of getting a few pounds of white sugar, a pitcher of milk (delicious, lacteous fluid, for which we had yearned so often amid the briny waves); and last, but not least, a hamper of blue-nosed potatoes."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    milky    lacteal