a. [f. L. carne-us fleshy (f. carn-em flesh) + -OUS.]

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  1.  Consisting of flesh, fleshy.

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1578.  Banister, Hist. Man, IV. 45 a. Of carneous and Musculous substance.

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1662.  Fuller, Worthies, III. 98. All their [carps’] mouths are Tongues, as filled with a Carneous substance.

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1836.  Todd, Cycl. Anat., I. 575/1. The carneous parts of the fishes.

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  † 2.  Flesh-colored, pale red. Obs.

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1673.  Ray, Journ. Low C., 466. The one with a carneous, the other with a blew flower.

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1880.  Gray, Bot. Text-bk., 401.

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