topaz
topaz is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 39 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Zoöl.) Either one of two species of large, brilliantly colored humming birds of the Topaza, of South America and the West Indies. Note: The two tail feathers next to the central ones are much longer that the rest, curved, and crossed. The Throat is metallic yellowish- green, with a tint like topaz in the center, the belly is bright crimson, the back bright red. Called also topaz hummer. False topaz. (Min.) See the Note under Quartz.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- aureate
- citrine
- colored
- creamy
- crocus
- fallow
- flavous
- fog
- foot
- fulvid
- fulvous
- gamboge
- golden
- guinea
- icterus
- jaundice
- jaundiced
- lemon
- luteous
- ocher
- orpiment
- primrose
- quince
- saffron
- sallow
- sandy
- straw-colored
- tawny
- tint
- warm
- xanthic
- xanthin
- xanthocarpous
- xanthochroid
- xanthopous
- xanthous
- yellow
- yellowness
- yolk
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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