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piceous definition

pic·eous (pisē əs, pīsē-)

adjective

  1. of or like pitch
  2. Zool. black as pitch

Etymology: L piceus < pix, pitch

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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