alutaceous

English

Etymology

Latin alutacius, from aluta (“soft leather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæljʊˈteɪʃəs/, /ˌæləˈteɪʃəs/

Adjective

alutaceous (comparative more alutaceous, superlative most alutaceous)

1. (archaic, usually said of insects) leathery in color or texture.
   • 1877, Transactions of the American Entomological Society, volume VI, page 286:

     Elytra a little longer than wide conjointly, finely striate, intervals with a row of moderately coarse elongate punctures each bearing a semierect hair, surface subgranularly alutaceous.

References

• “alutaceous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.