Definitions for piceous

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piceous pic·e·ous

Spelling: [pis-ee-uh s, pahy-see-uh s]

IPA: /ˈpɪs i əs, ˈpaɪ si əs/

Piceous is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 178 anagrams from letters in piceous (ceiopsu).

Definitions for piceous

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling pitch.
2. inflammable; combustible.
3. Zoology. black or nearly black as pitch.

Origin of piceous

1640-50; Latin piceus made of pitch, equivalent to pice- (stem of pix) pitch² + -us adj. suffix; see -ous<

Examples for piceous

The labrum or upper-lip is fulvous; and the antenn are piceous.