drabber
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drabber
Bright uniforms are no longer in the picture, which becomesdrabberand easier for the change.
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I sincerely trust that this drab affair will not make us evendrabberstill.
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However, too many other schemes remain in their original homogeneous state, with row upon row of near-identical houses or flats which are evendrabbernow than when they were built.
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The female is significantlydrabberand browner than the male and has a less prominent crest.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Non-breeding plumage isdrabberwith the chin and foreneck white.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thedrabberwinter plumage is basically brown above and white below.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is also slightly larger, has a longer beak, adrabberthough more varied colouring, and a peculiarly sweet and soft song.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Juveniles aredrabber, and the eye ring is greenish.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Young birds are adrabberversion of the adult.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The female chestnut-backed sparrow-lark is adrabberbird with heavily streaked buff-white underparts and head, and a white nape collar.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This group includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths (or tigers), which usually have bright colours, footmen (which are usually muchdrabber), lichen moths, and wasp moths.
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- ankle joint
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