obumbrant
American
[ob-uhm-bruhnt]
/ ɒbˈʌm brənt /
adjective
Zoology.
Etymology
Origin of obumbrant
1820–30; < Latin obumbrant- (stem of obumbrāns ) (present participle of obumbrāre to overshadow), equivalent to ob- ob- + umbr ( āre ) to shade (derivative of umbra shadow) + -ant- -ant
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