UMBRA
\ˈʌmbɹə], \ˈʌmbɹə], \ˈʌ_m_b_ɹ_ə]\
Definitions of UMBRA
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot.
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The fainter part of a sun spot; - now more commonly called penumbra.
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Any one of several species of sciaenoid food fishes of the genus Umbrina, especially the Mediterranean species (U. cirrhosa), which is highly esteemed as a market fish; - called also ombre, and umbrine.
By Oddity Software
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The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot.
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The fainter part of a sun spot; - now more commonly called penumbra.
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Any one of several species of sciaenoid food fishes of the genus Umbrina, especially the Mediterranean species (U. cirrhosa), which is highly esteemed as a market fish; - called also ombre, and umbrine.
By Noah Webster.
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A family of ESOCIFORMES comprising the mudminnows. There are three genera: Dallia, Novumbra, and Umbra, with much disagreement about their taxonomic interrelations. The Umbridae are freshwater fish inhabiting parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A shade or shadow; especially, the dark cone of shadow cast by a planet or satellite on the side opposite to the sun, in whose limits the sun's disk is invisible.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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