umbrette
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of umbrette
1880–85; < New Latin umbretta < French ombrette shade, shadow. See umbra, -ette
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Umbrette, um-bret′, n. the umber-bird, found in Africa and Madagascar, remarkable for the enormous domed nest which it builds.
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