glaucous

As adjectives the difference between glucous and glaucous

is that glucous is sweet while glaucous is of a pale green colour with a bluish-grey tinge, especially when covered with a powdery residue.

As a noun glucous

is .

Glaucus is a descendant of glaucous.

As an adjective glaucous

is of a pale green colour with a bluish-grey tinge, especially when covered with a powdery residue.

As a noun glaucus is

a genus {{taxlink|Glaucus|genus|nomul=1}} of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea. These mollusks are beautifully colored with blue and silvery white.

As a proper noun Glaucus is

glaucus, a Greek prophetic sea-god, born mortal and turned immortal upon eating a magical herb. It was believed that he commonly came to the rescue of sailors and fishermen in storms, having once been one himself.