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▪ I. umbre|ˈʌmbə(r)|
Also umber.
[ad. L. umbra or F. ombre shade, shadow, after mod.L. umbretta, F. ombrette, Brisson's name for the bird.]
An African bird (Scopus umbretta) with deep-brown plumage; the hammerhead or African crow. (Cf. umbrette.)
1773Pennant Gen. Birds 44 Umbre. Bill, strong, thick, strait, compressed, the upper mandible composed of several pieces. 1785Latham Gen. Synop. Birds III. i. 30 Tufted Umbre... Size of a Crow... The bill is three inches and a half in length. 1819Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. ii. 636 Crested Umbre, with the whole body fuscous. 1848Maunder's Treas. Nat. Hist. 716/1 The Crested Umbre (Scopus umbretta)..is..of an umber colour, and the male is crested. 1890Sat. Rev. 1 Feb. 139/2 The umbre..feeds upon fish and frogs, worms, snails, and insects.
▪ II. umbre
obs. variant of ombre, umber n. |