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tawny [ˈtɔːnı] N ADJ

tawny

茶色(的) chásè

tawny

黄褐色(的) huánghèsè

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The color is tawny or grayish dark, and is brown on the back of the leg. en.wikipedia.org

The male forewings are tawny buff from the base to the postmedial region, fading to clay from the subterminal region to the wing apex. en.wikipedia.org

The color is pale buff, with elegant longitudinal narrow tawny streaks. en.wikipedia.org

It has dark, somewhat rounded patches with some fine projections on a tawny background color. en.wikipedia.org

Colour is whitish on a translucent background, the upper whorls are becoming gradually tawny-brown towards the apex. en.wikipedia.org

The background colour may be correspondingly tawny, sandy or golden. en.wikipedia.org

The underparts are whitish with a tawny hue and dark streaking on the flanks. en.wikipedia.org

In males the forehead, crown and upperparts are tawny-buff marked with black. en.wikipedia.org

There are two colour phases; iron-grey, with black and whitish speckling, and tawny-grey, with less black and more buffy speckling. en.wikipedia.org

Physiological testing has shown that tawny frogmouths are able to triple their breathing rate without the need to open their beaks. en.wikipedia.org

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