fuscicostus

== Latin == === Etymology === New Latin; from fuscus (“dark”) +‎ costa (“rib”), changed to the first and second declension. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fʊs.kɪˈkɔs.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fuʃ.ʃiˈkɔs.tus] === Adjective === fuscicostus (feminine fuscicosta, neuter fuscicostum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin) having dark ribs ==== Usage notes ==== Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective.