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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sanguineous \San*guin"e*ous\, adjective [L. sanguineus. See {Sanguine}.]
1. Abounding with blood; sanguine.
2. Of or pertaining to blood; bloody; constituting blood. --Sir T. Browne.
3. Blood-red; crimson. --Keats.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sanguineous
adjective: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" [syn: {gory}, {sanguinary}, {slaughterous}, {butcherly}]
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