peacock-hued

Updated: May 3, 2025

Moreover, close inspection of them when spread out and moving in the sun will show them to be peacock-hued. Its flight is accompanied neither by the incessant wing-beat of the bat, the jump of the locust, nor the buzz of the wasp, but carries it easily in any direction.

of Samosata Lucian - Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03