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n. A light brown to brownish orange.

adj. Of a light brown to brownish orange colour

n. A light brown to brownish orange colour

adj. Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt.

Of a dark- or dull-yellowish color; tan-colored; fawn-colored; buff. In actual use the word notes many shades of color, from pale ocher to swarthy brown, and distinctively qualifies the names of various animals. The lion is of about an average tawny color.

n. Tawny color.

n. The bullfinch, Pyrrhula vulgaris: so called from the coloration of the female. See tonnihood, and cut under bullfinch.

n. In heraldry, same as tenné.

To make tawny; tan.

adj. of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather

"He was called tawny because from his frequent walks in the blaze of the sun his face had become much sun-burnt."

chromatic   

tawny emperor    tawny thrush    tawny owl   

tawny owl    tawny port   

red    dark    fulvous   

Afghani    Azerbaijani    Bahraini    Bonney    Bonnie    Dani    Donnie    Donny    Fulani    Guarani   

reddish    silky    silvery    shaggy    dusky    russet    glossy    curly    ruddy    snowy