Definition of tawny

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Tawny (n.) Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion..

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Brown :: Brown (n.) A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue..
Swarthy :: Swarthy (a.) Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as, swarthy faces..
Swartback :: Swart (v. t.) To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part..
Tawny :: Tawny (n.) Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion..
Swarve :: Swarty (a.) Swarthy; tawny.
Fulvous :: Fulvous (a.) Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of gray and brown..
Olivaster :: Olivaster (a.) Of the color of the olive; tawny.
Alderney :: Alderney (n.) One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the Channel Islands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called Jersey cattle. See Jersey, 3..
Lion :: Lion (n.) A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different countries. The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail. The color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and the terminal tuft of the tail is black.
Serval :: Serval (n.) An African wild cat (Felis serval) of moderate size. It has rather long legs and a tail of moderate length. Its color is tawny, with black spots on the body and rings of black on the tail..
Simpai :: Simpai (n.) A long-tailed monkey (Semnopitchecus melalophus) native of Sumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and cheeks are fawn color, the upper parts tawny and red, the under parts white. Called also black-crested monkey, and sinpae..
Rufous :: Rufous (a.) Reddish; of a yellowish red or brownish red color; tawny.
Puma :: Puma (n.) A large American carnivore (Felis concolor), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also catamount, cougar, American lion, mountain lion, and panther or painter..
Ullet :: Ullet (n.) A European owl (Syrnium aluco) of a tawny color; -- called also uluia.
Mulligatawny :: Mulligatawny (n.) See Mullagatawny.
Olive :: Olive (a.) Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green..
Olive :: Olive (n.) The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green..
Mullagatawny :: Mullagatawny (n.) An East Indian curry soup.
Subfusk :: Subfuscous (a.) Duskish; moderately dark; brownish; tawny.
Veery :: Veery (n.) An American thrush (Turdus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada. It is light tawny brown above. The breast is pale buff, thickly spotted with brown. Called also Wilson's thrush..
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