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Word: carmine (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...colors vary with age and sex. In immaturity the prevailing tints are yellowish brown, or bronze as it as often termed, and ash or slate gray. Mature females are of a rich yellowish bronze and ash while old males wear a rosy tint which sometimes changes to deep carmin, on head, rump and breast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Strange Visitors. | 1/13/1893 | See Source »

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