a. rare. [f. L. subfuscus (see prec.) + -OUS.] = prec.
1760. Phil. Trans., LII. 95. A paler yellow,… a few reddish and subfuscous spots.
1815. Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool., IX. I. 122. Cuckow with a … subfuscous body.
1904. Sat. Rev., 30 Jan., 140. Apart from the intellectual ravage, they should be restrained from blackening the sub-fuscous.
