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English
Etymology
French ombrette.
Noun
umbrette (plural umbrettes)
- Synonym of hammerkop (Scopus umbretta, a bird)
1906, Ernest Ingersoll, The wit of the wild, page 235:We cannot see that the haer-head is exposed to any greater present dangers than are its cousins, or that it gains much or anything from its superior comforts and defenses — that is, the umbrettes do not seem to increase faster than do the other African waders.
Italian
Noun
umbrette f
- plural of umbretta