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Meaning of lacteous | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

/ˈlæktiəs/

Definitions

Milky; resembling milk.
Lacteal; conveying chyle.

Examples

“For though we leave out the Lacteous circle (which Aratus, Geminus, and Proclus, out of him hath numbered among the rest) yet are there more by four than Philo mentions ; that is, the Horizon, Meridian and both the Colures ; circles very considerable”

“lacteous vessels”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

lactescent lactic lactiferous lactific lactifluous lactiform