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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Tiger :: Tiger (n.) A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger..
Olive :: Olive (a.) Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green..
Subfusk :: Subfuscous (a.) Duskish; moderately dark; brownish; tawny.
Swarthiness :: Swarthily (adv.) In a swarthy manner; with a tawny hue; duskily.
Swartness :: Swartish (a.) Somewhat swart, dark, or tawny..
Swart :: Swart (a.) Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; 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..
Tawniness :: Tawniness (n.) The quality or state of being tawny.
Brinded :: Brinded (a.) Of a gray or tawny color with streaks of darker hue; streaked; brindled.
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..
Swarthy :: Swarthy (a.) Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as, swarthy faces..
Rufous :: Rufous (a.) Reddish; of a yellowish red or brownish red color; tawny.
Mullagatawny :: Mullagatawny (n.) An East Indian curry soup.
Tinto :: Tinto (n.) A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port..
Fulvous :: Fulvous (a.) Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of gray and brown..
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..
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..
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..
Brindled :: Brindled (a.) Having dark streaks or spots on a gray or tawny ground; brinded.
Olive :: Olive (n.) The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green..
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