umbrette

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English

Etymology

French ombrette.

Noun

umbrette (plural umbrettes)

  1. 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

  1. plural of umbretta