cinereous

[ si-neer-ee-uh s ]

/ sɪˈnɪər i əs /

in the state of or reduced to ashes: cinereous bodies.

resembling ashes.

ashen; ash-colored; grayish: a cinereous bird.

Also cin·er·i·tious

[sin-uh-rish-uh s] /ˌsɪn əˈrɪʃ əs/.

Origin of cinereous

1655–65; < Latin cinereus, equivalent to ciner- (stem of cinis) ashes + -eus -eous

The stillness was so great, that even the twittering of the whiskey-johneesh, or cinereous crow, caused us to start.

Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 |John Franklin
As, when we say hirsuto-cinereous, we mean that the hirsuties only of a body is cinereous.

An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. IV (of 4) |William Kirby
In the arrangement of the cinereous lines, it presents a general resemblance to B. fuscus saur.

Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XVI |Various
The gills are slightly emarginate, rather narrow, cinereous.

The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise |M. E. Hard

The Cinereous Cuckoo is smaller than the preceding species, and also differs in having a square tail and a more curved beak.

Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) |P. L. Sclater

cinereous

/ (sɪˈnɪərɪəs) /

of a greyish colour

resembling or consisting of ashes

C17: from Latin cinereus, from cinis ashes