Definition of "cinereous" []

• Consisting of or resembling ashes. (adjective)
• Of a gray color tinged with black. (adjective)

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• "I try to think of all the Audubon birds I know and list them in my head: Painted bunting, swallow-tailed hawk, great cinereous owl, whip-poor-will, the hemlock warbler..."
• "That's because Anakin is a rare cinereous vulture from Mongolia, but somehow he's ended up in Thailand."
• "To make matters worse, there's an alternate form cinereal defined as 'cinereous.'"